Spoon holder (vařešník) consisting of two parts made of wood. There is a flat semi-circle of wood with 10 round holes in it and one rectangular hole. There is a rectangular piece of wood with a hole at one end and at the other end there is an extra rectangle of wood to act as a stopper when put through the rectangular slot in the semi-circle of wood. There is a crack down the rectangle of wood at the top.
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