Old Lead Folk Art Cabin for Tess with Melty Chimney interesting object I love the spiky

I love the spiky

where damage from earthquakes is quite a rare event

below the heart-flower stalks on the little one

though I'd be most inclined to retire him to a shelf

too--large enough to hold all sorts of sewing supplies inside

Old Lead Folk Art Cabin for Tess with Melty Chimney interesting object I love the spikyMade by hand entirely of lead, this old cabin is heavy, and while I think perhaps I've come across a folk art house crafted of lead before, I sure can't find one out there now. My guess is a lead metal worker's whimsy of sorts made for a daughter named Tess, with her name soldered across the back side of the pitched roof in a very sweet way. Further decorative soldering (I believe this would be the right word) at every corner of the house and chimney