Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT victorian mourning beautifully worn wood that makes

beautifully worn wood that makes it just a pleasure to hold--is that clearly it was a particular solution to a particular situation

with small puncture holes in the fabric and a bit of staining but many years of use left in it and still really great looking

so a pretty good one to hang on the wall as a reminder I'd say

handle measures 1" across

Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT victorian mourning beautifully worn wood that makesI've found definitive dates for the Howard Gilman (1894 1979) of South Stratford, Vermont, who made these and stamped each one on the underside, but that's about it. I sure appreciate the love and labor and detail he put into these small wooden structures, though, which include a varied series of houses all with chimneys and most with log piles arranged in one configuration or another as well as a church, a covered bridge, a barn with silo, and a