Wonderful Tramp Art House Shaped Still Bank with Mirror Windows vintage hammer toy moveable arms

moveable arms

my favorite being how to tie all sorts of bandages

Housed inside the fine macrame/knot work at the large end is a lead weight

though I am not entirely sure

Signed at bottom right with what might read Harold Jaw (

Wonderful Tramp Art House Shaped Still Bank with Mirror Windows vintage hammer toy moveable armsI might guess that it was a shattered mirror that gave rise to this wonderful old house bank which to my mind makes it extra lucky! but whether the actual case or or not, I do think those mirror fragments behind each of the cutout windows and door make it an extra special one for sure. The whole thing, though, teems with love and care, with carved wood strips carefully laid in horizontal, vertical, and zig zag patterns across every surface, and carved