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

and have always found them pretty amazing

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

monkey eye

The box looks to be stamped FLEMISH on the underside

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