Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Bird art school painting There is a little glare

There is a little glare caught in the photos

shows some spotting

If not made during wartime

after the wind blew away the chaff

but must say that antique fishing bobbers are pretty tempting

Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Bird art school painting There is a little glareI had two of these previously, which quickly sold, and was happy to find another, as I think these are amazing. I think this was most likely part of a singing bird cage or cuckoo clock or something similar, where some sort of mechanics would periodically trigger the wings to raise and beaks to open perhaps simultaneously producing a chirp chirp! One could just stick it in a little vase or small planter, to hover over a succulent, say. It's a fairly