Antique French rustic wooden primitive worn and well used porridge stirrer spoon

A delightfully rustic handmade small shallow antique porridge stirring spoon.
The implement would have been used in the farmhouse kitchen for stirring milk, cream and porridge, and other foodstuffs.
The item was made in primitive fashion in the workshops at the farm where is was used, traditionally on a French farm everything the family needed was handmade from materials sourced from the land.
This spoon is probably sycamore, beech or a similar close-grained wood and it would have been made by the resident woodworker from pieces of timber felled on the rural farm, along with other items such as small stools for the milking parlour, bread paddles to move the loaves in the bread oven, butter pats and moulds, gates and fences for the livestock and even plates and bowls for the table.

The spoon has wonderful wear and patina. It has a nicely turned shaft with finial shaped end. There are considerable signs of age and use, including scrubbing of the item, and substantial areas of wear at the edge of the bowl, please take a careful look at the photos as they are important for showing condition.
Size approx 24cm long, 4cm wide across bowl and 1.5cm deep.

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