Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT victorian mourning so a pretty good one

so a pretty good one to hang on the wall as a reminder I'd say

11 3/4" x 8 3/4" x 7/8"

This one made it through untouched and may be my favorite of the lot

handle measures 1" across

Wonderful Carved Folk Art Village by Howard Gilman, South Stratford, VT victorian mourning so a pretty good oneI'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