Wonderful Old Multi-chamber Folk Art Bee Box with Peep Holes, Complete vintage bowling high collared and puffy sleeved

high collared and puffy sleeved blouse (beautifully reflected on the surface of her desk) with clasped hands and open notebook before her

I believe this is Chinese and dates from the 1950s or so

I found this one in one of my favorite shops in New Hampshire—a place that feels like a cabinet of curiosities

perhaps hung in a beautiful library

There is some spotting on the unglazed clay in the recesses of the sculpture

Wonderful Old Multi-chamber Folk Art Bee Box with Peep Holes, Complete vintage bowling high collared and puffy sleevedI've had a good handful of homemade bee boxes pass through my hands, but this one I believe is my favorite, and definitely the most elaborate and finely crafted, with four chambers, sliding dividers between them, peep hole windows, and turning locks to hold parts in place however they are positioned. One of the great beauties and delights of bee boxes is that one almost never finds the same construction twice nearly all, it seems, represent an