Both Humble and Grand Old Three Tiered Cigar Box Building with Nail and String Terrace Rail shut which I found at what

which I found at what is quite a good antiques show in Lititz

with the chimney doubling as a coin slot and the hinged front door opening wide to fetch one's fortune

but it's always a bit of a miracle to find a little pot with its lid still on it some 200+ years later

but I can't find one

leading one to imagine that the maker of this drawing was holding an autographed fan photo in her (surely her

Both Humble and Grand Old Three Tiered Cigar Box Building with Nail and String Terrace Rail shut which I found at whatHumble materials but grand ambitions, put to work constructing what I take for a state house or other sort of public building of some significance. Cigar box wood, string, and nails, plus a gold painted finial nailed to the top. The green painted roof (roofs) show a good bit of aging and soiling; I did some gentle wiping and dusting (including behind those string rails) but they are as they are, probably stored in a basement or barn somewhere for some