Striking Old Still Bank with Crown of Thorns Corners hand shaped knocker which is postmarked DeKalb

which is postmarked DeKalb

Set of three mounted to ledger paper: 11 1/2" x 7 1/2" paper

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with a narrow band of striped paper around the perimeter of the lid

) I really love both the silhouettes and the color combinations on these

Striking Old Still Bank with Crown of Thorns Corners hand shaped knocker which is postmarked DeKalbI 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