Exceptionally Lovely Antique Carved Bluebird with Tin Wings handmade wooden cow with the overflow in a

with the overflow in a smaller un-lidded wooden box of a similar ilk

I think one can really viscerally feel the love and care that went into making this

A little roughness around the edges original to their making and a little wear to the paint but in good shape and very sweet

but I guarantee they are more nuanced and more special in person

Exceptionally Lovely Antique Carved Bluebird with Tin Wings handmade wooden cow with the overflow in aThis bird gets me on every level, and just look at that view of it from the underside, looking rather like a slug with wings! I purchased it from the same dealer as the toy gun I just listed, and have a bit of a feeling that the two were made by the same person, including for the fact that the blue paint looks like it could be the same. Here it appears the blue was painted over an earlier coat of red, I would guess one quickly on the top of the other,