Three Keys on Ring Old Carved Wooden Whimsy mid-century owl with the only sign of

with the only sign of age/use being a couple of prices written in pencil on one side of the box

Signed on the back

what immediately came to mind was a rule in home staging about the importance and optimal frequency of “pops of color” to draw your eye around a room

and all those teeth appear to be firmly in place

Three Keys on Ring Old Carved Wooden Whimsy mid-century owl with the only sign ofI'm always on the hunt for interesting whimsies carved from one piece of wood; this is the first I've come across like this, which I love both for how nicely it is carved, and also because who doesn't want to hold the proverbial keys to the castle? With the keys knocking against each other when one shakes it, it also has a bit of a connection to whimsy rattles I think, and looking at that perfectly round loop holding the keys I can't help but to think