Old Scratch Made Folk Art Tin Barn with Slatted Animal Pen old physiology notebook The handle is carved black

The handle is  carved black horn

It's about as atmospheric as it gets--a vertical slice of rough sea and cloud covered sky

but unlike any I've see before and really wonderfully done

and then a thin strip at the waist holding them together

Old Scratch Made Folk Art Tin Barn with Slatted Animal Pen old physiology notebook The handle is carved blackYum. I purchased this barn along with three more structures from a seller in Maryland, all of them clearly made by the same person long ago, together adding up to a tabletop farm (house, coop, barn and dog house!) Because each structure is its own excellent thing, and because a whole farm may be a bit much for one person to accommodate, I am selling each piece individually. Each one, scratch made of tin, is quite a singular thing, all with wonderful