Folky Homemade Bookshelf with Carved Squirrels clever drawings repeated four times around the

repeated four times around the perimeter of the basket

but it's the flip side that is the really special one to me

which I think may be British

giving "my girl" a certain elusiveness

10" wide x 10" deep x 8 7/8" tall

Folky Homemade Bookshelf with Carved Squirrels clever drawings repeated four times around theI found this one at Brimfield in the booth of a delightful seller who always has charming things; it was filled end to end with a bunch of old children's books, but happily she was willing to relocate those into a big pile and let me steal the shelf away, as I'm pretty smitten with these squirrels! Made with lots of love I'd bet by a parent or grandparent as a gift for a young child in the 1940s or 50s, with mellow gold paint on the exterior of the