Both Humble and Grand Old Three Tiered Cigar Box Building with Nail and String Terrace Rail shut nice warm dry patina to

nice warm dry patina to the wood

only visible if one is looking for them

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

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

Both Humble and Grand Old Three Tiered Cigar Box Building with Nail and String Terrace Rail shut nice warm dry patina toHumble 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