Unusual and Marvelous Antique Carved Butter Pat with Pointing Hand and Snake swiss game Carved from one piece of

Carved from one piece of wood and in good condition

(Plus I found it just on the cusp of the baseball season beginning

Easy to nail a hanger to the back and hang it on the wall

as these are--with the ones I've found dating the 1830s

with some scuffs

Unusual and Marvelous Antique Carved Butter Pat with Pointing Hand and Snake swiss game Carved from one piece ofI splurged on this one because I think it is so lovely, and unusual, and while I have never paid a lot of attention to carved butter molds and pats, which I believe this is, it makes a very strong argument for paying more attention, though I have most definitely not seen another like this. The carved hand on one side with finger pointing upward makes me believe it dates to the 1880s or so, as it is right about then that one sees grave markers carved