Phenomenal Scratch Made Folk Art Cathedral with Fantastic Details Japanese box Chic and cheerful is this

Chic and cheerful is this vintage Japanese (circa early 1940s) hand-painted ceramic wall pocket in the shape of a duck

I think this paperweight is just great looking

while from neck to opening it is perfectly smooth

For the Virgos out there (or the virgin maidens

It occurred to also that these are quite nice stacked up on their sides like little building blocks

Phenomenal Scratch Made Folk Art Cathedral with Fantastic Details Japanese box Chic and cheerful is thisThis amazing thing! Definitely the most elaborate and exquisitely crafted of any folk art building I've had, and certainly inspiring my reverence! It was so much fun to photograph a rewarding process of close looking so photos do a pretty comprehensive job in documenting it. Surely this was modeled after a specific church, which its maker faithfully recreated, but I don't know the church. Constructed entirely of wood, with two different types of green