Wonderful Old Scratch Made Folk Art Tin House Still Bank 1920s pencil drawing The Book of Tea is

The Book of Tea is a long essay linking the role of "Chadō" (teaism) to the aesthetic and cultural aspects of Japanese life

feels like it belongs in a museum vitrine

sits flat as there is no longer a lead weight on the underside

Camel: 7" l x 5 3/8" t

Wonderful Old Scratch Made Folk Art Tin House Still Bank 1920s pencil drawing The Book of Tea isIll never resist an old piece of tabletop architecture built from scratch if I can help it, and I think this is a great and quite singular one, which a slit in roof made a large still bank, though there seems no way to retrieve whatever loot would be dropped inside. (The front door looks as if it might open, but it doesnt.) Painted a sort of putty brown with a painted paned window on one side, and then given a coating of silvery white sprinkles to