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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 10506568, member: 111"]Suppose it's possible, but I see the same aging and patina, with a nice fit to the body. Hard to tell the intentions of the carver well over two centuries ago, but will say that I have a beautifully carved Norwegian spoon with one small section of the design where the carving was left unfinished.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The pegs may have been replaced, though the color of the bottom peg appears to have the same tone as the surrounding wood, the back of head on the top peg looks a bit too crisp and would expect it better fitted to the shape of the body, appears the end of a peg visible on the handle is original...</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 10506568, member: 111"]Suppose it's possible, but I see the same aging and patina, with a nice fit to the body. Hard to tell the intentions of the carver well over two centuries ago, but will say that I have a beautifully carved Norwegian spoon with one small section of the design where the carving was left unfinished. The pegs may have been replaced, though the color of the bottom peg appears to have the same tone as the surrounding wood, the back of head on the top peg looks a bit too crisp and would expect it better fitted to the shape of the body, appears the end of a peg visible on the handle is original... ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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