Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT original inkblot tests just missing a plate of

just missing a plate of glass (though I might be tempted to forego it and just tape whatever to the back side

I could not resist bringing this piece into my care

though I am not certain

This one measures Largest measure approx 8 7/8” across x 10 1/8" tall

Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT original inkblot tests just missing a plate ofI'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