The Happiest Old Folk Art Wooden Box or Planter Ever unusual antique snuff box 8 3/4" long

8 3/4" long

there is variation from one to the next)

Williams spent his adult life in Ypsilanti

4 5/8" tall

I believe it likely dates to the very early 20th century

The Happiest Old Folk Art Wooden Box or Planter Ever unusual antique snuff box 8 3/4" longAs I just ate my first freshly picked strawberry of the season, Im thinking it is a strawberry this happy guy has on his head, including for the fact that there is a little texture carved into it, though it seems it also could be an apple. And while I took it for a planter, it occurs to me now that one might use him, or one of the chimneys, as a handle and take it out berry picking. Or leave it on the counter filled it with a few apples. Or fill it