Exceptionally Lovely Antique Carved Bluebird with Tin Wings eskimo The end of the long

The end of the long one is not cleanly cut as the short ones are

I've lately been having fantasies of a huge antique wooden desk with lots of surface for all sorts of old school desk accessories

An absolutely wonderful image I think

made in England

Exceptionally Lovely Antique Carved Bluebird with Tin Wings eskimo The end of the longThis 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,