SOLD Stoic but Very Sweet Old Scratch Made House Shaped Bank for Maryann antique dollhouse columns and the way the paint

and the way the paint has hung on just along them

signed at lower right

Fading/toning as evident and a couple of holes as documented

I'm drawn to pattern like a magnet

SOLD Stoic but Very Sweet Old Scratch Made House Shaped Bank for Maryann antique dollhouse columns and the way the paintLove at first sight with this one photos do no justice, but it is heavy for its size and of a nice scale; an object with a real presence. Of course what first sold me was the brass MARYANN over the front door surely indicating that this bank was the creation of a father or grandfather for their much beloved girl. And a one off, scratch made creation I am sure, with the chimney doubling as a coin slot and the hinged front door opening wide to fetch