C. 1930s Folk Art House - Mission Style Single Story early celluloid checkers but which certainly tells us

but which certainly tells us that the original owner kept close track of their chips

not your average bucolic folk art painting

diplomat and traveller Sir Robert Ker Porter (1777–1842)

the White House

The first word that comes to mind to describe this exquisite little bowl

C. 1930s Folk Art House - Mission Style Single Story early celluloid checkers but which certainly tells usThe third of three folk art houses by the same maker found this week in Rockland Maine perhaps made for a model train set up (and if so it must have been quite a thing) or perhaps its maker was a lover of architecture and committed to building an inventory of model houses representing a spectrum of housing styles! I take this one for a mission style bungalow of sorts, with plaster walls and tiled roof. Again, wonderfully done. 3 1 4 x 2 3 4 x 1 1 2