Wonderful Antique Painted Wood Fragment with Birds in a Row antique heart shaped lock Teppich was born in Germany

Teppich was born in Germany in 1904

I just can't resist little things like this that embody such effort and love invested

now strung with black thread for hanging them

when this particular zig zag edge was the height of house number style

Some crazing to the glaze but I think that rather adds to the effect

Wonderful Antique Painted Wood Fragment with Birds in a Row antique heart shaped lock Teppich was born in GermanyI'm not entirely sure from what this painted wooden fragment was salvaged perhaps a piece of moulding, or furniture in a child's room? but I'm sure glad someone saved it, as it's one of my favorite new old things, and quite old indeed I do believe. Two great shades of old blue paint, and then these wonderful hand painted marching red birds in great dark red. I find this about as satisfying as a fragment of an ancient frieze, which I actually think it