Antique Pennsylvania Hand Carved Tasting Spoon Bird Finial Unique

Want to spice up your homestead with unique Pennsylvania flavor……then this next offering may be something you want to consider! This wonderful spoon with the best patina was found near Lancaster Pennsylvania and with the charming carved bird attribute located at the top, I believe this piece has Pennsylvania Dutch roots. The spoon was hand carved out of one piece of wood and the experienced carver certainly did a great job! This unusual spoon can actually be considered a piece of folk art because of the style and awesome bird. There are two notches that terminate below the bird located in the front as shown in images 1& 3 which again adds detail by the carver. This spoon has a very long handle which was carved into the bowl. There is some wood loss to the bowl on the left hand side as a thin slice of wood is missing as shown in images 5, 8 & 9. The outer edges of the bowl are uneven due to slight wood loss through time and the thin edges seem to be the culprit as compared to th