Old Grain Scoop with Make Do Welded Spike Adaptation sampler with house and alphabets sitting on a bench and

sitting on a bench and watching this woman who has surely made a daily habit of coming to feed these birds

studied and started making pottery together in East Tennesee

but presume it dates from the first half of the 20th century

and super luxurious

Old Grain Scoop with Make Do Welded Spike Adaptation sampler with house and alphabets sitting on a bench andI'm always happy to find objects, and tools especially, that were altered by someone along the way for a specific purpose, as was clearly the case with this old scoop, to which a series of sharp spikes were welded, transforming it into a singular and much more aggressive sort of object! I believe the scoop itself was made for grain, but, as if found it coated in soot, am thinking the spikes may have been added for stoking and scooping out a fireplace?