SOLD WPA Educational Architectural Model: Painted Chalkware Egyptian House, 1930s/early 1940s embrodiery Lid sits just a hair

Lid sits just a hair above flush at front

) feel that present and palpable

this one is a studio pottery work

and so often disappointed to pull them out of cases to find a large crack running down one side

sometimes requiring some pressure (I believe they tend to get tight when in or near the correct combination

SOLD WPA Educational Architectural Model: Painted Chalkware Egyptian House, 1930s/early 1940s embrodiery Lid sits just a hairI think I've found exactly two WPA painted chalkware architectural models over the years they're pretty scarce, and I think really cool. Created by artists employed under the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project (WPA FAP) during the period @ 1935 1943, these were are handmade miniature replicas of historic or architecturally significant buildings which were intended to serve as visual teaching tools (for display in libraries,