Wonderful 1912 Blue Painted Folk Art House Still Bank wooden shoe makes a bold and striking

makes a bold and striking statement

produced by Raku firing

It measures 11" long x 3 7/8" wide x 3/4" deep

Altogether quite a fabulous little thing

But most of all I love the animals that inhabit it: those wading flamingoes

Wonderful 1912 Blue Painted Folk Art House Still Bank wooden shoe makes a bold and strikingSo many terrific details on this wonderful handmade wooden house, which functions brilliantly as a still bank, but it more than great enough to serve no function at all. On the front is a slot large enough to take coins or dollars, and the house is large enough to hold a small fortune, which is easily retrieved by opening a sort of trap door on the underside near the rear, which also creates a sort of back stoop when pulled forward. Cut paper behind