The Happiest Old Folk Art Wooden Box or Planter Ever copper book box Lots of little nail holes

Lots of little nail holes in the bottom bot otherwise in great vintage condition

and seems to be just its own very special thing

and turned

as if an image from a dream--which of course is often what makes children's drawings so compelling

A couple of minor old fold lines on legs

The Happiest Old Folk Art Wooden Box or Planter Ever copper book box Lots of little nail holesAs I just ate my first freshly picked strawberry of the season, Im thinking it is a strawberry this happy guy has on his head, including for the fact that there is a little texture carved into it, though it seems it also could be an apple. And while I took it for a planter, it occurs to me now that one might use him, or one of the chimneys, as a handle and take it out berry picking. Or leave it on the counter filled it with a few apples. Or fill it