Folk Art White Painted Church with Removable Roof antique rose painting PA from Baltimore and established

PA from Baltimore and established a leading studio there in the early 1850s until moving again in 1857

which I will always scoop up when I can as they're my favorite baskets of all

of which there are a good number here

with one tear at one corner that allows one to see (and extract a card from) inside

in this case I think it's wounds here and there amid the rocks and choppy waters rather add to its effect

Folk Art White Painted Church with Removable Roof antique rose painting PA from Baltimore and establishedI've been finding it hard of late to find folk art buildings I like of a manageable scale, so I was very glad to find this church art Brimfield, with lift off roof, which I believe was constructed to be illuminated, as there is a little carve out for a cord on the back. Well constructed with nice clean lines and nice old paint, and indeed a good, and easy, one to put a light or a few electric candles inside to set aglow. 12 1 4" w x 5 3 8" d x 16 3 8"