Four Little Folk Birds ancient Some scattered staining and wear

Some scattered staining and wear

2 9/16" t x 2 11/16" w

Plus some other letters it's a bit hard to decipher

just a few references and a few stray blocks

with a  a two person exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1948

Four Little Folk Birds ancient Some scattered staining and wearThese remind me a good bit of antique German Erzgebirge animals, but I believe they are their own special things, and just right as a flock of four, carved of wood, with great much weathered dark green painted surfaces. I especially love the one with the very crooked beak, formed of a separate bit of wood, which I think lends a greater sense of drama to the group and highlights the fact that each bird has a distinctly different shape. (And aside from