Old Red Painted Cigar Box Train or Traveling Circus Car with Screened Windows folk art cookie cutter To my eye just exactly

To my eye just exactly right and not a thing more or less

as the wood and paint cloth are in good shape

especially prominent antlers

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

I brushed off a lot of old yellow paint that had flaked off

Old Red Painted Cigar Box Train or Traveling Circus Car with Screened Windows folk art cookie cutter To my eye just exactlyI'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