J.P "Justa" Antique Painted Hanging Folk Art Wall Box  hand-carved wooden made of pine I believe

made of pine I believe

This thing is so fun to use

and those amazing long legs and tail

Another little thing too charming to leave behind

J.P "Justa" Antique Painted Hanging Folk Art Wall Box  hand-carved wooden made of pine I believeThis wonderful antique two pocket hanging wall box shows plenty of wear, but for me that just adds to its very joyful, celebratory feeling and of course I really love the name "Justa" front and center Latin in origin and meaning "fair and upright." I believe this is Pennsylvania Scandinavian, based on both the name and the manner of decoration, and certainly dates to the 19th century. Wonderful old paint, hand forged iron nails, perfectly wonky carved