Sweet Figurative Carved Folk Art Whimsy Spoon with Chain of Locks vintage Japanese tea caddy A search reveals that Hunt

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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

with the cutout at the left of each piece fitting one particular beak

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 search reveals that HuntThe 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