Sweet Figurative Carved Folk Art Whimsy Spoon with Chain of Locks vintage Japanese tea caddy Then this great bust of

Then this great bust of a woman above it

monkey eye

9 3/4" x 7 3/4" x 1/2" framed in the simple old white painted wood frame I found it in

and when out arrived in the mail I was happier still--it is without an ounce of equivocation  that I declare it my very favorite cow ever

image is 5 1/2" x 3 7/8"

Sweet Figurative Carved Folk Art Whimsy Spoon with Chain of Locks vintage Japanese tea caddy Then this great bust ofThe whimsy or loving spoons one most often sees are Welsh or Scandinavian and often highly refined; Im not entirely certain the national origins of this one, but its the folkiness of it manifested in the figure and lock shaped chain links that I love (I might guess American nodding to the Scandinavian manner of decoration on the bowl and handle, but am not entirely certain..) I presume it is an upside down strawberry carved into the spoon of the