Sweet Figurative Carved Folk Art Whimsy Spoon with Chain of Locks vintage Japanese tea caddy Someone appears to have valued

Someone appears to have valued it enough to carve

There is also an incised mark which appears to read 18

The box looks to be stamped FLEMISH on the underside

image is 5 1/2" x 3 7/8"

Sweet Figurative Carved Folk Art Whimsy Spoon with Chain of Locks vintage Japanese tea caddy Someone appears to have valuedThe whimsy or loving spoons one most often sees are Welsh or Scandinavian and often highly refined; Im not entirely certain the national origins of this one, but its the folkiness of it manifested in the figure and lock shaped chain links that I love (I might guess American nodding to the Scandinavian manner of decoration on the bowl and handle, but am not entirely certain..) I presume it is an upside down strawberry carved into the spoon of the