Old Grain Scoop with Make Do Welded Spike Adaptation sampler with house and alphabets this basket features two bands

this basket features two bands of curlicues around its sides and a fancy "bow" at the center of its lid

Just a charming little friend

this great old handmade donkey

The silver inlay (I'm not certain if sterling) appears almost entirely in tact

Old Grain Scoop with Make Do Welded Spike Adaptation sampler with house and alphabets this basket features two bandsI'm always happy to find objects, and tools especially, that were altered by someone along the way for a specific purpose, as was clearly the case with this old scoop, to which a series of sharp spikes were welded, transforming it into a singular and much more aggressive sort of object! I believe the scoop itself was made for grain, but, as if found it coated in soot, am thinking the spikes may have been added for stoking and scooping out a fireplace?