Amazing Old Scratch Built Wooden Folk Art House Bank with Checkerboard Roof, Opening Door and Intensively Carved Details coal train and as I'm finding examples

and as I'm finding examples like this harder and harder to come by and more and more pricey when I do

with paddle in one hand and what I take for a spear in the other

This one is a hundred times better than photos convey--the ground a somewhat darker

I think they're quite fabulous things

Amazing Old Scratch Built Wooden Folk Art House Bank with Checkerboard Roof, Opening Door and Intensively Carved Details coal train and as I'm finding examplesCollector dealer Pat Hatch, well known for her extraordinary black doll collection, has been selling some small things at an antiques shop I heavily frequent in Maine; I scooped up several pieces from her this week, including this little carved cottage in polychrome and a second tin house too. I just couldn't resist this feels about as akin to a gingerbread house as a carved folk art house bank could, and the love and attention to detail invested in