Antique Pencil Drawing of Perched Owl kinetic toy and then this marvelous mane

and then this marvelous mane

which could be used as a paperweight or stuck in a vessel

who signed the bottoms in 1903

Can't argue with a thing about it--pretty perfect

it is signed (incised) on the bottom with what looks like "Joan"

Antique Pencil Drawing of Perched Owl kinetic toy and then this marvelous maneOh, the owl, wise and mysterious nocturnal creature, which I am always hoping to spy in the wild but rarely do. But here one is a sweet and humble little pencil drawing on what looks like onion skin paper which one might to look at all the time! Late 19th very early 20th century I would guess, with one eye drawn a bit darker than the other making it look as if something's got it's attention! Sold in the nice old wooden frame I found it in, with a