Deux Enfants a la Mer French Children's Book pottery craft vase I’m completely charmed by this

I’m completely charmed by this vintage Japanese round lacquer Bento box with its hand-painted figure pulling a little boat

this one is unmarked

5 3/4" tall x 3 1/4" wide

I couldn't resist this vintage nutcracker

but this portrait strikes me as fairly unusual

Deux Enfants a la Mer French Children's Book pottery craft vase I’m completely charmed by thisI love how this book is just about at my level of French mastery! But mostly I love the illustrations, and the sweet story of a Jacques and Marie escaping to the the beach on a hot July day in Paris. This is a 1937 first edition copy, written by Juliett Macy and illustrated by L. Brooke McNamara, with color illustrated cover and yellow cloth spine. 6" x 5 1 2" and approx 30 pages. Wear and darkening to the cover and inside endpapers, but pages are