Antique Carved Bone Make Do Back Scratcher handmade valentines and very usable still for

and very usable still for keeping lists of all sorts of things

His or her parka and boots

sugar bowls and creamers in the 80s and 90s before closing his studio

just right

Antique Carved Bone Make Do Back Scratcher handmade valentines and very usable still forI've seen some pretty fancy antique carved ivory and bone back scratchers, but this more crudely carved one suits me more, including for the fact that it seems likely a make do creation, with the wooden handle looking to have been repurposed from something else. The hand is very firmly inserted into to the post though, and has clearly been for a very long time, with what looks to be some very old, encrusted sting wrapped just below. To my eye a