Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Bird modernist pin and for keeping on the

and for keeping on the kitchen counter the rest of the time holding fruit or whatever else (really pretty filled with lemons

He measures 9 1/8" tall

with one eye and mouth wide open

by Phil Sellers

Typically unsigned

Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Bird modernist pin and for keeping on theI had two of these previously, which quickly sold, and was happy to find another, as I think these are amazing. I think this was most likely part of a singing bird cage or cuckoo clock or something similar, where some sort of mechanics would periodically trigger the wings to raise and beaks to open perhaps simultaneously producing a chirp chirp! One could just stick it in a little vase or small planter, to hover over a succulent, say. It's a fairly