Antique Blue Painted Trunk Side with Yellow Bird on Branch Humpty dumpty depending on the angle

depending on the angle

7 7/8" t x 4 1/8" w x 4 7/8" d

The blue beads for the eyes give this carved Madonna a pretty intense presence-she feels both very holy and rather otherworldly

and nice and folky

this is is an unused vintage (c

Antique Blue Painted Trunk Side with Yellow Bird on Branch Humpty dumpty depending on the angleMy general philosophy is to buy things whose sheer existence makes me happy, which is certainly the case with this, surely once the side of a trunk, iron handle still in place, and which someone cared enough to salvage. The red breasted yellow bird on branch of what looks a bit like bleeding hearts gives me all the pleasure of a fraktur watercolor, with the wavy yellow border and then dovetailed edges of the panel making the perfect frame! Plus that