Fantastic Old Handmade Apple Picking Tool with Gripping Lever bauhaus era german 4" l x 2 5/8"

4" l x 2 5/8" t x 1 1/2" w

plus the half black

with rules out there for many variations easy to find

surrounding by old medical equipment and preserved specimens

such a beautiful shape

Fantastic Old Handmade Apple Picking Tool with Gripping Lever bauhaus era german 4" l x 2 5/8"I really love this one, found yesterday in New Hampshire on the border of Vermont the singular creation of a farmer I'm sure, and which certainly appears to have led a long and full life plucking apples from trees, or at least that is what I believe it was devised to do! The "basket" is formed of finger like loops of very heavy wire, with thinner wire woven between them like in a very lyrical sort of way! These are tethered to the scrap wood handle