the two with fishing poles perched on what appears to be the stone wall of a pond
And the face is pretty great too
unfussy example preserving several pieces together under glass
with the wood on the neck and edges of the handle lighter and more worn
taking great care to list
Knowles Pump Works- Wonderful Old Folk Art Block Building white cat face the two with fishing polesOn the back of this little building is written "Knowles Steam Pump", pointing to Warren, MA, I believe, where the Knowles Steam Pump factory operated in the last quarter of the 1800s, prior to merging in 1897 to become Blake and Knowles and moving to East Cambridge, MA. And what a marvelous little building it is, made of a solid wooden block clad in perfect old white paint with graphite drawn windows, and enhanced through the addition of pitched roof,