Unusual Early American Folk Art Still Bank antler bird Inside is soft stuffing

Inside is soft stuffing

My photos do no justice to this one

but I think it's a great one from an atmospheric standpoint

And what a beautiful thing

which appear to read 86548

Unusual Early American Folk Art Still Bank antler bird Inside is soft stuffingThis is quite an old one, early 19th c. American believe, and also an unusual one, with a whimsy sort of feel, and also a sense of mystery about it. It is a carved still bank, which also feels like a piece of tabletop architecture, with round cylinder at the center framed by three "walls" and two posts, and with a sliding slat that pulls out to expose the slit for dropping coins inside. I find it curiously compelling, and like a distillation of the