Three Keys on Ring Old Carved Wooden Whimsy folk carvings lidded bentwood pantry box or

lidded bentwood pantry box or dry measure was made by E

Boot-shaped match safes were definitely a thing--one finds carved as well as cast iron versions shaped like cowboy boots as well as Victorian boots

cut in two places to overlap

who was the importer and distributor for these wares in NYC

Three Keys on Ring Old Carved Wooden Whimsy folk carvings lidded bentwood pantry box orI'm always on the hunt for interesting whimsies carved from one piece of wood; this is the first I've come across like this, which I love both for how nicely it is carved, and also because who doesn't want to hold the proverbial keys to the castle? With the keys knocking against each other when one shakes it, it also has a bit of a connection to whimsy rattles I think, and looking at that perfectly round loop holding the keys I can't help but to think