Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT original inkblot tests " along with a "T"

" along with a "T" and an "B" (listed separately) packed together in an envelope at an antique shop and just love them

I could not resist bringing this piece into my care

Every single thing included in the painting--from the neatly tended red geranium to the Cupie doll statue/bookend to the scruffy

Both pieces are stamped "Tiffany Tots Made in Japan 2005 Tiffany & Co

Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT original inkblot tests " along with a "T"I've found definitive dates for the Howard Gilman (1894 1979) of South Stratford, Vermont, who made these and stamped each one on the underside, but that's about it. I sure appreciate the love and labor and detail he put into these small wooden structures, though, which include a varied series of houses all with chimneys and most with log piles arranged in one configuration or another as well as a church, a covered bridge, a barn with silo, and a