Little Man in a (Treen) Box Spring Toy shell art and there is an iron

and there is an iron hook near the front

And the threaded top half screws tightly onto the bottom to keep anything inside super secure

and I like it nearly as much from the back as the front

They were ultimately replaced by the (far less beautiful

Little Man in a (Treen) Box Spring Toy shell art and there is an ironI'm not entirely sure whether this toy was created as I found it, or a one off creation of creative maker who combined treen canister, spring, and little man; I think likely the former a genie in a box but am not completely sure as I can't find another example out there like it. At any rate, the lid is threaded, and when you screw it off, up and out he springs! I believe most likely German Erzgebirge, and definitely with a good amount of age. One