Wonderful Old Scratch Made Elaborately Painted Tin House Still Bank with Wild Chimneys spinning but much amplified I think

but much amplified I think as photographed against a flat black ground

with the seal carved and polished to a very satisfying smoothness

perhaps being the reason those those leaves are glowing yellow

which reads more as dark brown now

1920 I believe

Wonderful Old Scratch Made Elaborately Painted Tin House Still Bank with Wild Chimneys spinning but much amplified I thinkCollector 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 scratch made, hand painted tin house (and bank with a coin slot at the top of one chimney and underside that slides open) along with a carved wooden cottage also listed today. You know I love a piece of folk art