Old Lead Folk Art Cabin for Tess with Melty Chimney brass lock and all of the limbs

and all of the limbs move with ease

Published in 1872 by Samuel R

Horse: 4” t x 3” l

Quite an interesting piece of history I think

Old Lead Folk Art Cabin for Tess with Melty Chimney brass lock and all of the limbsMade 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