Beautiful and Beautifully Worn Make Do Brass (Presumed Artillery Shell) Scoop with Carved Wooden Handle snowman portrait the father is reading (and

the father is reading (and I might guess holding a cigarette just out of view) and the daughter is flying a toy plane

Made in Japan for the Western market

no losses that I can see

and around the perimeter of the lid for Chrysanthemums and pearls

all housed in the original box

Beautiful and Beautifully Worn Make Do Brass (Presumed Artillery Shell) Scoop with Carved Wooden Handle snowman portrait the father is reading (andI jumped on this one because I find it a very beautiful and poetic feeling old handmade tool and then I realized the brass scoop was likely cut from an artillery shell, making this both a make do creation and a piece of trench art of sorts. And clearly a scoop was much needed by whoever made it with the carved handle here showing a beautiful dark and warm dry wood patina from much much handling. I find the line of that deep arc of the scoop's opening