Amazing Old Scratch Built Wooden Folk Art House Bank with Checkerboard Roof, Opening Door and Intensively Carved Details coal train You likely know by now

You likely know by now if you are reading this how much I like old books as objects

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

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

which shows a sort of white-gray now that's just right and makes them feel all the more classical

Amazing Old Scratch Built Wooden Folk Art House Bank with Checkerboard Roof, Opening Door and Intensively Carved Details coal train You likely know by nowCollector 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