Very Sweet Old Handmade Wooden Model Dinghy drum One side is more weathered

One side is more weathered than the other--both great

This is one of three 5" x 7" glass plate negatives in the shop capturing arrangements of roses in various settings

I know some people call them rats with wings

with red over cream over gray chippy paint on the front and top

Very Sweet Old Handmade Wooden Model Dinghy drum One side is more weatheredOne definitely needs a life boat these days, and here one is. I found it at an antique shop in Upstate NY, heading up toward Lake George and a few feet away a miniature pack basket, also listed today, which felt quite sympatico with it. Looks scratch made to me, with plenty of imperfection to the cutting of the thwarts, which overlay that beautifully slatted floor of the boat. Maybe there was once a carved wooden rudder attached to the back, I'm not