Wonderful Old Scratch Made Folk Art Tin House Still Bank 1920s pencil drawing international cast of characters carved

international cast of characters carved in relief around the faceted perimeter

a wonderful painting

because many of my correspondents have asked me

sits flat as there is no longer a lead weight on the underside

feels like it belongs in a museum vitrine

Wonderful Old Scratch Made Folk Art Tin House Still Bank 1920s pencil drawing international cast of characters carvedIll never resist an old piece of tabletop architecture built from scratch if I can help it, and I think this is a great and quite singular one, which a slit in roof made a large still bank, though there seems no way to retrieve whatever loot would be dropped inside. (The front door looks as if it might open, but it doesnt.) Painted a sort of putty brown with a painted paned window on one side, and then given a coating of silvery white sprinkles to