Eglantine American Tobacco Company 20 Cent Plugs Box running doll unsigned but presumed mid-century as

unsigned but presumed mid-century as it seems quintessentially so

5ʺ at widest diameter × 3

made in Japan circa 1940s

the founder of Kellogg's cereal company

around which grass is woven

Eglantine American Tobacco Company 20 Cent Plugs Box running doll unsigned but presumed mid-century asI really like the graphic quality of the big red EGLANTINE across one side of this old wooden box, with nice jointed corners to boot. It once held 18 tobacco plugs brick like masses of tobacco, from which pieces were bitten off or cut, then chewed but now is just a great box for holding tools, spices, art supplies, or whatever. Structurally solid, with a little damage to the surface of the wood on one corner, as pictured. 11 1 2" long x 5" deep x 2 5