Unusual Early American Folk Art Still Bank book of curiosities this one more the latter

this one more the latter

with the contrast between two different lengths of links making them feel specific and particular

Previously unbenownst to me

I think this flask is super cute

There is one carved out side at the bottom

Unusual Early American Folk Art Still Bank book of curiosities this one more the latterThis 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