Strange 1929 Devilish Bird in Egg Watercolor articulated toy Each coaster 3 3/4" in

Each coaster 3 3/4" in diameter x 3/8" thick

It is fairly beaten up all over

mudroom or office sorting incoming and outgoing mail

or silverware

with big black painted pupils

Strange 1929 Devilish Bird in Egg Watercolor articulated toy Each coaster 3 3/4" inA weird one for sure, but I'm pretty into this watercolor gouache, done by a Silova O. Kolin in 1929. I might guess it has something to do with the end of one decade and beginning of another, perhaps with this black devil bird meant to represent the hatching the year 1930 (not really a great year in the history of things), screaming as it does. Or maybe it is just an anthroporphism of the proverbial primal scream. In any event, I think the pointy