Wonderful Antique Folk Art Birdhouse with Copper Roof and Great Dry Wood Patina special dolls The yellow is perfect--cheerful

The yellow is perfect--cheerful

More concerned with expression than with form

whatever the original purpose

and think it will likely continue to shed a bit when moved around

Late 19th or 20th century I would guess

Wonderful Antique Folk Art Birdhouse with Copper Roof and Great Dry Wood Patina special dolls The yellow is perfect--cheerfulPhotos don't quite do justice to this wonderful old handmade birdhouse, which has a terrific presence and charms all the way around. There is enough wear around the entrance to suggest a bird or two may have resided in it, and one of the chimneys looks to have been well nibbled on, but it is quite clean so i'm not really sure. The roof is copper, and the wood pine, with great structural details and what look to be ink drawn windows on all sides though