Striking Old Still Bank with Crown of Thorns Corners hand shaped knocker The mix included some pieces

The mix included some pieces by him and some he acquired

Then a sliding slat on the recessed side with big carved heart

) I really love both the silhouettes and the color combinations on these

with a narrow band of striped paper around the perimeter of the lid

which is postmarked DeKalb

Striking Old Still Bank with Crown of Thorns Corners hand shaped knocker The mix included some piecesI found another old folk art coin bank constructed in a similar manner to this one with "crown of thorns" corners about a year ago, and had never seen another like it until I found this one in Maine this week. To my eye a perfectly concise and very satisfying tramp art box of sorts, which one can also just flip upside down and treat as a closed cube, though perhaps with some secret something stashed inside (and you'd never know the top from the