Antique Mahogony Painter's Palette Scheurich Keramik vase I found this charming little

I found this charming little wooden Japanese Kokeshi-type boy on turtle in a box of odds and ends at the estate sale of a man who had served in Japan during WWII and brought a lot back with him

handed it over at some point to MC

12" long x 2 1/4" wide x 2 1/2" tall

which I'm discovering were produced in some variety including many as free give aways

Antique Mahogony Painter's Palette Scheurich Keramik vase I found this charming littleIt's nice to find beautiful old painter's palette's caked in thick layers of oil paint, but quite often ones I come across feel composed rather than product of an actual painter's process. This lovely old one, mahogany I believe, was at some point cleaned scraped down on the used side, leaving it ready for a painter to put to work again, or to use itself as a blank canvas of sorts, or just to hang on the wall exactly as it is. It's in great shape, no