Fabulous Folk Art Wall Box with Birds and White Circus Horse primitive foot stool toys were intended for amusement

toys were intended for amusement and education was provided through books and instruction

and I'd just pretend those spots are raindrops

5 1/4" in diameter

The wood has probably darkened a bit and is rough in spots

hence the notion to hang it on the wall--though perhaps someone more industrious than I could put this vise to good practical use

Fabulous Folk Art Wall Box with Birds and White Circus Horse primitive foot stool toys were intended for amusementOf course I love the colorful birds here, parrots I guess, forming a sort of heart that makes this one seem especially fit for Valentine's Day. But it is the painting of the horse at the center of the wall box that really sold me on this definitely the improvisatory addition of whoever made this many years ago, and just so good I think. The wood is at least in part salvaged from old cigar boxes, as there is a label still visible on the interior of the