Sweet Figurative Carved Folk Art Whimsy Spoon with Chain of Locks vintage matching game notched below the lip on

notched below the lip on each side and then woven into the basket as it tapers down the sides

smallest- 5" tall x 7 1/4" d

the latter to the five portraits

who notes he's only seen a couple

Sweet Figurative Carved Folk Art Whimsy Spoon with Chain of Locks vintage matching game notched below the lip onThe 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