Four Little Folk Birds portsmouth history an ancestor of the Chancellor

an ancestor of the Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth I

beautifully graphic just hanging down from the hook on the wall in a straight line

" "wash and iron a lingerie dress

Though I am not entirely certain what that might be

) Such an elegant form suggesting a bird through the sparest of means (it feels to me quite reminiscent of early Native American bird stones)

Four Little Folk Birds portsmouth history an ancestor of the ChancellorThese 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