Carved Wood Folk Art Man with Bowler and Graphite Drawn Face cardboard doll but am not sure what

but am not sure what contents would specifically require storing one end up and opening from the other

naming it the Wilson Novelty Company and making dollhouses and other toys

It measures 5 1/4" in diameter and 2 1/4" tall

some of them hand-colored in sepia

but even better is the fact that the "I" and the "W" are out of order

Carved Wood Folk Art Man with Bowler and Graphite Drawn Face cardboard doll but am not sure whatThis guy looks to me as if he just rode into town with some schemes up his sleeve or snake oil to sell quite a character! He came out of the same estate as a few other carved figures I'm listing today. A few graphite marks on his chest suggest perhaps his maker planned to do a bit more work on him, but I think he's pretty great as he is. Graphite drawn mustache and brows and a bit of hair, and a bow drawn around the brim of his bowler, too. He's