Shoo Fly Screen and Breadboard Gathering

I just adore round breadboards topped with a shoo fly screen or two as they instantly create a great early look in our cozy kitchens or butteries. This next offering also includes a little surprise peeking out from under the screen. This bread or cutting board sporting circular form has delicious and exciting warm patina. Chop marks are present and give us a clue that this board was used on a daily basis. There are areas of wear on the edges including three straight indentations as referenced in image 7 by the arrows. A convenient wire eye hook was added long ago so this piece could also be hung. The back of the board near the center hole required as this was turned on a lathe shows a dark mark that resembles the number “5” and is a mystery as to why it is there. There are also several areas that resemble a “curly-Q” pattern sporting a faint, light green color on the back as marked with arrows as referenced in image 10. This neat piece of treen has all the indications of wear sprinkled