Both Humble and Grand Old Three Tiered Cigar Box Building with Nail and String Terrace Rail shut a hole for a thimble

a hole for a thimble on top of the tail

only visible if one is looking for them

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

and the almost electric spring green gives it some punch

but there is something uniquely satisfying about large sets of unpainted wooden ones like this--elegant and elemental and like the pure embodiment of creative possibility

Both Humble and Grand Old Three Tiered Cigar Box Building with Nail and String Terrace Rail shut a hole for a thimbleHumble 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