Exceptionally Lovely Antique Carved Bluebird with Tin Wings handmade wooden cow full of movement and holding

full of movement and holding many things in balance at once

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

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

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

Simultaneously earthy and cheerful

Exceptionally Lovely Antique Carved Bluebird with Tin Wings handmade wooden cow full of movement and holdingThis 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,