Three Keys on Ring Old Carved Wooden Whimsy folk carvings and great in a wide

and great in a wide variety of contexts

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

The basket is a terrific large size

and I really love how the position of the body works from all the way around

Three Keys on Ring Old Carved Wooden Whimsy folk carvings and great in a wideI'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