Amazing Old Scratch Built Wooden Folk Art House Bank with Checkerboard Roof, Opening Door and Intensively Carved Details coal train with paddle in one hand

with paddle in one hand and what I take for a spear in the other

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

and what are they selling

with those faces

Amazing Old Scratch Built Wooden Folk Art House Bank with Checkerboard Roof, Opening Door and Intensively Carved Details coal train with paddle in one handCollector 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