c. 1920s-30s Carved and Painted Folk Art Bird on Scalloped Base fine lacquerware tea caddy ) It is the face--and

) It is the face--and ears

could be framed or just pinned or clipped by the corners to the wall

but believe the quilt like collaging of silver and gold paper and blue and white fabric marks pieces to be cut and seams to be sewn

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One nail hole at center top

c. 1920s-30s Carved and Painted Folk Art Bird on Scalloped Base fine lacquerware tea caddy ) It is the face--andI found this little carved and painted bird in upstate New York not far from Albany, and it seems to me likely the creation of a folk carver in a cabin somewhere in the Adirondacks in the 1920s or 30s or so. I take the bird with gray body and black band around its neck as duck, either taking off or just landed, with wings outspread and neck extended. Lovingly carved, with nicely tapering wings and tail, and attached by nailed legs to the cream painted