Wonderful Old Scratch Made Elaborately Painted Tin House Still Bank with Wild Chimneys spinning Including ribbon: 9 1/4" l

Including ribbon: 9 1/4" l

which reads more as dark brown now

one really never knows what one might find

perhaps being the reason those those leaves are glowing yellow

I've been continuing to keep an eye out for old ex voto retablo

Wonderful Old Scratch Made Elaborately Painted Tin House Still Bank with Wild Chimneys spinning Including ribbon: 9 1/4" lCollector 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 scratch made, hand painted tin house (and bank with a coin slot at the top of one chimney and underside that slides open) along with a carved wooden cottage also listed today. You know I love a piece of folk art