Sweet Figurative Carved Folk Art Whimsy Spoon with Chain of Locks vintage matching game with the particular form at

with the particular form at right attributed to either Auman Pottery or Daniel Z

the latter to the five portraits

hand-sculpted of terra cotta and fabulous all the way around

The one on the right has a tiny spot of paint loss on one side

I know they were found at an estate in South Carolina

Sweet Figurative Carved Folk Art Whimsy Spoon with Chain of Locks vintage matching game with the particular form atThe 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