Great Old Handmade Wooden Caddy With Nails Six Compartments folk art figure and for the hand-coloring done

and for the hand-coloring done on many

but rather more about the everyday kindness and gentleness  of this particular

and those mustached profiles do look rather French to me

semi-circular wooden base of the scoop like a plug

and what a happy thing that it has endured

Great Old Handmade Wooden Caddy With Nails Six Compartments folk art figure and for the hand-coloring doneI love this old thing, which would be perfect for organizing and hauling around pens and pencils and crayons and paintbrushes and whatever else one might need to stash. I think it was in a similar fashion for many years, with some splotches of paint on one side and a little inside as well. I love all of the rows of old nails holding it together at the corners and joining the interior separators to the exterior such a warm and to my eye super