Wonderful Old Mechanical Woodchoppers Folk Art Toy New Mexican pottery like this one

like this one

Deep red paint with white die-cut numbers on wood

When I first spotted this wonderful little carved wooden boot I guessed it was a snuff box

A nice one for a kitchen shelf

Wonderful Old Mechanical Woodchoppers Folk Art Toy New Mexican pottery like this oneDefinitely an old one, and certainly one of a kind someone put some special love into coloring the outfits and drawing the pencil faces on these two very charming wood choppers! I especially love the plaid pants of the one with red shirt, and the contrast between his serious expression and the bright eyed, smiling (and a bit sneaky looking) expression of the other, perhaps his son. The toy works perfectly still pushing or pulling the handles causes