Wooden Cutout Folk Art Boy Cook, 1940s, by Richard King vintage painting supplies ) 2" tall x 1

) 2" tall  x 1 1/8" wide x 1/2" deep

stoic and animated with its outstretched neck and black painted mouth

The top opens easily and makes for easy grabbing of whatever is housed inside

) It folds back up elegantly to form a rectangular box with  square sides

but refused

Wooden Cutout Folk Art Boy Cook, 1940s, by Richard King vintage painting supplies ) 2" tall x 1This guy arrived in the mail detached from his green painted flat wooden base, and I was just about the glue his feet back to it when I though maybe he's better just on his own? Either way, I think he's pretty sweet, made in the 1940s or so by a Richard King from Minnesota, who I understand from the seller died just recently at the age of 85. I really like that the the spoon in his hand is a separate object, glued to the tips of his fingers, and that