Late 18th to Earl 19th century Scandinavian Wood Mangle Board with Anchor Design miniatures This beautiful Sterling Silver spoon

This beautiful Sterling Silver spoon is exquisitely detailed

There are three tiny pinholes from the artist's construction due to the high repousse of the pewter flowers

Tenney Jewelry & Silversmith family

Western European in origin

Late 18th to Earl 19th century Scandinavian Wood Mangle Board with Anchor Design miniatures This beautiful Sterling Silver spoonWe are offering A look into the past A unique Scandinavian mangle board, hand painted with carved decoration. A mangle board, is a traditional Northern European household tool to smooth and flatten damp linen by rolling it tightly around a dowel and then working the board back and forth over the cloth to press out wrinkles As a courtship gift a young man would carve or commission a decorated mangle board for the woman he wished to marry. Approx.