Sweet Old Folk Art House Still Bank large brush and also decidedly mid-century

and also decidedly mid-century

It is marked on the bottom 493-10

13 1/2" long x 3 1/4" w x 2 1/4"

Each block measures 2 7/8" x 1 3/4" x 1/2"

and while at first I thought the central component of a weathervane

Sweet Old Folk Art House Still Bank large brush and also decidedly mid-centuryI can't resist an old handmade wooden house, and even better when it's a coin bank too! This is a very sweet one, early 20th century I believe, with wonderful carved details, including the frames and pane dividers on all of the windows, the panels and tiny knob! of the door. Plus alligatoring to the paint on the window frames, with hand painted red curtains and little potted plants in two of them, and then a green stem with little red flowers or