Antique Folk Art Powder Horn with Carved Heart, Diamonds, Merman, and Birds antique whisk brush snake-like one is a very

snake-like one is a very old drafting brush

I LOVE the figure on the face of this plate

Blue transfer

with grooved wooden trays in two of the drawers

To my eye there's just about no form as satisfying as that of a simple house with pitched roof

Antique Folk Art Powder Horn with Carved Heart, Diamonds, Merman, and Birds antique whisk brush snake-like one is a veryNot easy to capture in photos, and takes close looking in person to fully appreciate its attributes, but I love this thing. It's a 19th century folk art decorated powder horn, used for storing and carrying gun powder (end plug clearly long gone.) With a raised heart and a pair of diamonds carved into narrow end, and a merman mermaid of sorts etched into the surface just below, with the corners of diamonds doubling as horns, making the creature look