Primitive, Much Used Antique Cheese Making Board with Carved Drain foster beveridge and and some are cut

and and some are cut paper collage

Or a great gift for your favorite farmer or gardener

and I  especially love the punch out puzzles at either end

which does show some surface wear

but no notable cracks or splits

Primitive, Much Used Antique Cheese Making Board with Carved Drain foster beveridge and and some are cutThe dealer I purchased this from (in Vermont) had it marked as a "lye board," but I am near certain it is in fact a 19th c. cheese making board, with hand carved drain. (I've included an image of one for reference at end of photos.) I find it a supremely beautiful thing, like the most elemental drawing in the world, and also like a painting, with the white stain from the cheese making process filling the circle and bleeding out just a bit beyond. The