Striking Old Still Bank with Crown of Thorns Corners winged creature ) I find the details

) I find the details on these pretty amazing and really wonderful

I really love love this

and calming--like earth and sky at once

It was a great week for finding antique transferware children's cups

A sweet little carved dog

Striking Old Still Bank with Crown of Thorns Corners winged creature ) I find the detailsI found another old folk art coin bank constructed in a similar manner to this one with "crown of thorns" corners about a year ago, and had never seen another like it until I found this one in Maine this week. To my eye a perfectly concise and very satisfying tramp art box of sorts, which one can also just flip upside down and treat as a closed cube, though perhaps with some secret something stashed inside (and you'd never know the top from the