ON HOLD Wonderful Late 19th C. Shenandoah Valley Folk Art Birdcage stony weed vase looks to be the same

looks to be the same of the plant depicted

which makes for good for stacking

often viewed as as a symbol of excessive pride and vanit  being rendered in such an honest and unfussy sort of way

This hip flask is very old

” And while of course there is much more to the story than this

ON HOLD Wonderful Late 19th C. Shenandoah Valley Folk Art Birdcage stony weed vase looks to be the sameThis birdcage is my favorite find of the week, to my eye really a wonderful thing, which I know from the seller came out of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, c. 1880s 1900. The hand of the maker is viscerally palpable everywhere, and especially in the hand carved, purely decorative pieces around the top, four arches each, and four more arches over the front door, which slides smoothly up to let a bird in or out. The entire structure hooks to the base