Sweet Figurative Carved Folk Art Whimsy Spoon with Chain of Locks vintage Japanese tea caddy a "titan of real estate

a "titan of real estate in Boston for six decades" who

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

Someone appears to have valued it enough to carve

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

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Sweet Figurative Carved Folk Art Whimsy Spoon with Chain of Locks vintage Japanese tea caddy a "titan of real estateThe 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