Chicks and Fowls XXXX, Antique Brass Stencils - A Pair folk art carved swan on the cusp of coming

on the cusp of coming into himself

I like for the bleed of the iron nails down the front

The mold is glazed above the wrist and bisque at the bottom

embroidered with what look like mushrooms or umbrellas or arrows down the side

holding onto his green saw still

Chicks and Fowls XXXX, Antique Brass Stencils - A Pair folk art carved swan on the cusp of comingThese seem pretty Valentine y to me with their XXXX's, and I also thought they would make great signs for his and her bathrooms, say! (Of course I'm all for gender neutral ones.) All sorts of contexts, really, in which these would be good, so I'm listing as a pair. More evident in hand than in photos, too, is that the positive spaces between the cutout X's look, by chance, a little like chickens or turkey, heads down tails up, nibbling away at the