Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT original inkblot tests whiskered faces on these pottery

whiskered faces on these pottery cat busts

Both pieces are stamped "Tiffany Tots Made in Japan 2005 Tiffany & Co

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just missing a plate of glass (though I might be tempted to forego it and just tape whatever to the back side

blues and greens

Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT original inkblot tests whiskered faces on these potteryI've found definitive dates for the Howard Gilman (1894 1979) of South Stratford, Vermont, who made these and stamped each one on the underside, but that's about it. I sure appreciate the love and labor and detail he put into these small wooden structures, though, which include a varied series of houses all with chimneys and most with log piles arranged in one configuration or another as well as a church, a covered bridge, a barn with silo, and a