Scratch Made Tin Pennsylvania Folk Art House Bank in Red and Minty Green relief carvinh with paddle in one hand

with paddle in one hand and what I take for a spear in the other

with the quality of a very fine scherenschnitte cut paper silhouette

though perhaps their name or initials are hidden somewhere

23 of the original 26 full page copper plate engravings

so I'm glad it's more broadly archetypal here

Scratch Made Tin Pennsylvania Folk Art House Bank in Red and Minty Green relief carvinh with paddle in one handI just purchased this one back from the collector dealer I sold it to, who had lived happily with it for a few years, and I was very glad to see it again, feeling very much like an old friend. I purchased it a few years ago from a seller in Pennsylvania just my sort of scratch made painted tin folk art architecture, and a coin bank to boot. Great color, nice age, and with this very sweet row of painted flowers framing the front door. Plus the mint