Unusual Early American Folk Art Still Bank book of curiosities along with the painted decoration

along with the painted decoration on chairs and chest

really a little gem of a painting

and love the color of the thread used on these

with six nails for lacing

with a great face on the duck and fabulous brush mark dabs all over

Unusual Early American Folk Art Still Bank book of curiosities along with the painted decorationThis is quite an old one, early 19th c. American believe, and also an unusual one, with a whimsy sort of feel, and also a sense of mystery about it. It is a carved still bank, which also feels like a piece of tabletop architecture, with round cylinder at the center framed by three "walls" and two posts, and with a sliding slat that pulls out to expose the slit for dropping coins inside. I find it curiously compelling, and like a distillation of the