Bird Shaped Wooden Whistle with Mechanical Beak aligator A beautiful and beautifully constructed

A beautiful and beautifully constructed object

Great with a sprig or two of red berries or evergreen

with a bit of green as well

Constructed of leather-covered cardboard with a red fabric lining

Bird Shaped Wooden Whistle with Mechanical Beak aligator A beautiful and beautifully constructedThis fabulous thing is a carved wood whistle in the shape of a bird, complete with mechanical beak! The bark of the branch from which it was carved remains on the central part of the body, but the wood has been hollowed out and whittled, terminating in a blow hole at one end, and an attached head at the other, with a spring that enables its beak (red on the inside!) to open by pressing down on its crest. Pretty great! 7 x2 1 4 x 1 3 8 deep and in