Folk Art Wooden Submarine with Metal Fins vintage Otagiri japan vase NC-headquartered tobacco company (Chesterfields

NC-headquartered tobacco company (Chesterfields

with very light scratching/denting

The handle alone is 4 1/2" long and 1" wide at the ferrule

but of note is the fact that the mouth does open and close

Folk Art Wooden Submarine with Metal Fins vintage Otagiri japan vase NC-headquartered tobacco company (ChesterfieldsBetween its form and its fabulous handcut metal fins, this old handmade wooden submarine reminds me very much of folk art ice fishing lures, but there is no iron weight on its underside, so I think maybe it's just its own funky thing? It was constructed of two pieces of wood, nailed to one another all the way around with nice fat nails, and then more nails holding on the various super folky rudders and what not. At either end is a hole, which makes