Clifford M. Guptill's Sublime 1910 Lubec, Maine Folk Art Glass Windowed Barn in Perfect Paint dray horse Perhaps there was once a

Perhaps there was once a stopper in order to use it as a perfume bottle (perhaps filled with a fishy scent

a perfect gift for a front-line doctor or nurse or care-giver

" It shows plenty of wear and  losses

3 5/8" l x 2 1/2" w x 1 3/8" t

carved and stamped by Harry Monk (1916-2010) of Whitman

Clifford M. Guptill's Sublime 1910 Lubec, Maine Folk Art Glass Windowed Barn in Perfect Paint dray horse Perhaps there was once aIf I were to imagine the purest expression of a folk art architectural structure I could, this would be it. And very happily, it was accompanied by a card identifying its maker, Clifford M. Guptill, of Lubec, Maine (the easternmost municipality in the contiguous U. S.) who constructed it at the Lubec Lifesaving Station in 1910. (I've included a 1905 photo of that station found online; perhaps our Clifford is one of the men standing beside it!) All