Wonderful Primitive Carved Pine Clock Case with Spires 1978 pottery one can just feel these

one can just feel these things

The set includes 16 clay and 1 wood marble and what I believe it a pretty old fabric pouch in which they came

I really love the handling of the wattle on this guy

The pink-red decoration on this one comes from Ben Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack (there were a whole series of these illustrating different "maxims")

Wonderful Primitive Carved Pine Clock Case with Spires 1978 pottery one can just feel theseThis one hurts my heart I love it so much to my sensibilities, a perfect object exactly as it stands and if there were ever something that felt holy to me, this might be it. The front panel with these wonderfully carved spires is constructed of two pieces of wood, pine I believe, held together it looks to me by just a couple of nails at the top and then a few more nailed in from the underside of the base. One more piece on either side and two pieces