Unusual Early American Folk Art Still Bank antler bird And what a beautiful thing

And what a beautiful thing

with deeply carved ears popping out

My photos do no justice to this one

"By Your Daily Conduct Your Character is Formed" on the threes

I might guess 1930s-1940s or so

Unusual Early American Folk Art Still Bank antler bird And what a beautiful thingThis 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