Painted Cut Tin Bird on Branch pattern drawing and Milton Bradley

and Milton Bradley

pretty minor and without structural impact

Brass stands

It appears that the date carved into the bottom is 1974

and a very satisfying object I must say

Painted Cut Tin Bird on Branch pattern drawing and Milton BradleyI really love the marbleized paint on this tin cutout bird on branch, making it feel a bit as if hovering in the shadows, or maybe persevering through snow and rain and wind. I believe tin cutouts like this were sometime used as quilt templates; whether that is the case with this one I am not sure, but it seems to have age to it. I might hang it in a corner fairly high up as if perched in a tree top and keeping watch. 9 3 4" t x 4 1 2" and in very