Old Red Painted Cigar Box Train or Traveling Circus Car with Screened Windows folk art cookie cutter is a real beauty

is a real beauty

but I did recently find this and one other (listed separately) herbarium pages

-- clearly the luckiest of the bunch

hands in pockets

though has since been disabled--it lies flush over the face of the box or flips up to sit flat on top

Old Red Painted Cigar Box Train or Traveling Circus Car with Screened Windows folk art cookie cutter is a real beautyI'm thinking this very sweet cigar box on wheels might have been made by a parent or grandparent long ago as part of a traveling circus set; it seems well suited to house a lion or tiger behind those screens (though would also make a great cricket cage.) I especially love the screen covered round cutout window at the front end, and the yellow painted fully rotating axels and wheels. Lots of love invested in this. Box itself: 8 5 8 l x 4 5 8d x 5 5 8