Obsessive "Door Holes Lock Drill " Tin folk art Peter rabbit with a handful of loose

with a handful of loose teeth as noted and shown in photos

He dreamed of becoming a veterinarian

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which I would guess date from the the 1940s or earlier

Obsessive "Door Holes Lock Drill " Tin folk art Peter rabbit with a handful of looseThis feels as much like a Jesse Howard sign as a tin used for storing hardware to me, seeming like a specific thought process or set of associative instructions playing out across the entire surface of it. I assume it held parts all relating to the installation of door locks, but who knows? Certainly obsessive, as if needing to be reminded over and over, from every side including the lid. And always hard to beat black lettering against creamy white