Scratch Made Tin Pennsylvania Folk Art House Bank in Red and Minty Green ship Polychrome over carved wood

Polychrome over carved wood

The barrel is 4 1/4" long with a 2 1/8" diameter

To me this tintype in beautiful and rare embossed brass tintype frame looks like just about the best Valentine ever

this has yet to happen

with a note on the first inside page that he died a year later

Scratch Made Tin Pennsylvania Folk Art House Bank in Red and Minty Green ship Polychrome over carved woodI just purchased this one back from the collector dealer I sold it to, who had lived happily with it for a few years, and I was very glad to see it again, feeling very much like an old friend. I purchased it a few years ago from a seller in Pennsylvania just my sort of scratch made painted tin folk art architecture, and a coin bank to boot. Great color, nice age, and with this very sweet row of painted flowers framing the front door. Plus the mint