Very Sweet Old Handmade Wooden Model Dinghy drum wonderfully graphic

wonderfully graphic

with red over cream over gray chippy paint on the front and top

Finding these was a revelation to me--I've never seen another set

was born in 1877

One small patch of toning (spotting) at lower left corner

Very Sweet Old Handmade Wooden Model Dinghy drum wonderfully graphicOne definitely needs a life boat these days, and here one is. I found it at an antique shop in Upstate NY, heading up toward Lake George and a few feet away a miniature pack basket, also listed today, which felt quite sympatico with it. Looks scratch made to me, with plenty of imperfection to the cutting of the thwarts, which overlay that beautifully slatted floor of the boat. Maybe there was once a carved wooden rudder attached to the back, I'm not