Four Little Folk Birds portsmouth history an ancestor of the Chancellor

an ancestor of the Chancellor to Queen Elizabeth I

The is a little lint that shows against the dark navy

It will also stand up on its own if balanced just right

including 16 triangular prisms

Though I am not entirely certain what that might be

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