Four Little Folk Birds ancient 6 5/8" x 4 7/8"

6 5/8" x 4 7/8" each

one tear at lower left

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

and with a great deal of care and labor invested in her profuse pile of what I believe would be described as fringed and crimped bangs

from soft cheeses to jams and spreads

Four Little Folk Birds ancient 6 5/8" x 4 7/8"These 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