Beautifully Carved Antique Treen Tool with Hearts, Presumed Scandanavian Clothes Roller/Folder antique German pottery pitcher I purchased it from a

I purchased it from a dealer in Spain

" and then on the underside of the box are tiny carved dots representing a couple of double sixes

To my eye quite a beautiful thing--a sculpture on its own

8" long x 4 13/16" t x 5/8" d

with an uneven left edge from being torn from a sketchbook

Beautifully Carved Antique Treen Tool with Hearts, Presumed Scandanavian Clothes Roller/Folder antique German pottery pitcher I purchased it from aI might have thought from the shape of this that it this was a knitting stick or sheath, used to support a needle during the process of knitting, but there is no hole in the end to receive the needle, so it's not that. Someone more knowledgable than I identifies it as 19th century Scandanavian, likely Norwegian, and a tool used for rolling or folding clothes. I just love it as an object, and i would imagine it was made by a young man as a gift for his