Wonderful Old Folk Art Carved Swallow Tail Bird, Signed Adams Staffordshire pearlware She will sit on her

She will sit on her own

how the top of her parasol is not painted at all

Red one measures 1/2" cubed

9 3/4" long x 1 1/4" tall x 1/4" thick and in very good vintage condition- a tiny bit of loss of paint along the bottom edge

and a little bit Southwestern

Wonderful Old Folk Art Carved Swallow Tail Bird, Signed Adams Staffordshire pearlware She will sit on herThis wonderful creature, found very close to home this week, completely won my heart, and the more time I spend with it, the more tender and lovely I find it. With black painted head and split tail, I assume it represents a swallow of some type, or perhaps a tern, and the petrified wood base (the absolute perfect base) definitely points to shorebird. The wings were separately carved then attached by pin, with one of them loose and easy to remove and