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)

Actual color is fairly close to what is shown in first photo

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

and a foot on the underside that is a bit loose

and to now to become the steward of some of my favorites among them

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