Wonderful Old Scratch Made Elaborately Painted Tin House Still Bank with Wild Chimneys geneology Super charming

Super charming

it was made by the famous Hayle J &F Pool Copper Company in Cornwall

and her body formed by pulling brown fabric over a weighted bottle

which attaches via hooks to the posts on either side of it (and so is easy to remove)

He looks a bit like a gangster to me

Wonderful Old Scratch Made Elaborately Painted Tin House Still Bank with Wild Chimneys geneology Super charmingCollector dealer Pat Hatch, well known for her extraordinary black doll collection, has been selling some small things at an antiques shop I heavily frequent in Maine; I scooped up several pieces from her this week, including this scratch made, hand painted tin house (and bank with a coin slot at the top of one chimney and underside that slides open) along with a carved wooden cottage also listed today. You know I love a piece of folk art