The Happiest Old Folk Art Wooden Box or Planter Ever unusual antique snuff box and a few small dings

and a few small dings

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

7″ wide by 5 1/2″ tall and done in a fine wool yarn on a coarse linen fabric

with no chips or cracks whatsoever

thus the bulging gullet

The Happiest Old Folk Art Wooden Box or Planter Ever unusual antique snuff box and a few small dingsAs 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