Old Hand-forged Meat Fork with Eponymously Carved Wooden Handle west German ceramic But for me it is

But for me it is the drawing that sells it

and there is a sticker from the Stavaridis Gallery on Newbury Street

and a paintbrush

and the pleasure of mixing and matching the pieces

Old Hand-forged Meat Fork with Eponymously Carved Wooden Handle west German ceramic But for me it isOne sees old knives and butcher blocks with BREAD carved in their handles or around the edges, but I have not ever seen a MEAT fork, and for me at least it carries a very different sort of weight! Plus, its just the time of year to put this one to use serving a holiday meal! Perhaps just the right gift to bring to a Thanksgiving host or hostessthough for me this really resonates as a symbolic sort of object, with all sorts of rather primal