Painted Cut Tin Bird on Branch for my child so perhaps they just served

so perhaps they just served as reference for the grower

the patterns certainly feel Northern European

I believe he dates to the late 40s or so

with much of the dog's creamy-brown paint worn away

with an all-over pattern of hairline cracks in the surface of the lacquer as well some chips particularly around the edges

Painted Cut Tin Bird on Branch for my child so perhaps they just servedI 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