Wonderful (and Succinct) Old Carved Folk Art Boat Diorama deer and there must once have

and there must once have been a crank mechanism that this "wheel" connected to

All cards have blank backs

with a few losses to the cardboard on the windows as documented

In good vintage condition

the color of the painting is very rich and strong

Wonderful (and Succinct) Old Carved Folk Art Boat Diorama deer and there must once haveOne sees old three dimensional carved ship "diorama" from time to time sometimes behind glass, sometimes not but this is the first I've seen done in such a succinct manner, with the ship carved in relief in an arched niche, and I think it's quite fabulous. It's a bit hard to tell but it seems it may have all be carved out of the one block of wood with the background painted behind the sails of the ship, which are three dimensional. I love the the feet