Handsome Old Carved Wooden Shorebird Emile Bluteau How could someone say no

How could someone say no

(It also of course reminds me of antique kindergarten cut paper weavings

as one finds in many a portrait of well to do men

attached to the edge

Handsome Old Carved Wooden Shorebird Emile Bluteau How could someone say noI found this old carved shorebird in New Hampshire this week and just thought it really beautiful. I'm not at all an expert on bird carvings, but I look at enough of them around these parts to notice when one stands out and feels special. It appears this one may once have one been painted, but most of that is gone now, with the rich brown of the wood body much of what makes it especially lovely to me. 13 3 8" t x 12 5 8" long measured on the square.