Lovely Elongated Carved Pine Bird with Twisted Wire Legs shy man This one is bit worn

This one is bit worn (the ribbon could be ironed though)

which is the bottom half of an old cardboard box into which they fit well

It's a bit of a curious one

Jean de La Fontaine (1621-95) collected fables from a wide variety of sources

) and birds around him

Lovely Elongated Carved Pine Bird with Twisted Wire Legs shy man This one is bit wornA lovely old carved wooden bird, pine I believe, with wonderfully elongated form and nice dry patina. I purchased this from the same dealer as the beautiful treen orb magic box I've also listed today, and though very different things, I think they share a certain delicacy and sense of precision. With sweet braided wire feet, the wires pulled tight through the base. 5 1 4" l x 1 5 8" d x 2 3 8" t. Lovely condition, with a tiny ding to the tip of the