Very Expressive Folk Art Polychromed Carved Wood Seagull Zanesville planter especially alongside some silver of

especially alongside some silver of any sort or collection of lacquer boxes

As far as ice picks go

1950s brass alphabet stencils

perhaps in absence of real people around

9 1/2" long x 5 7/8" tall x 6 7/8" deep

Very Expressive Folk Art Polychromed Carved Wood Seagull Zanesville planter especially alongside some silver ofThis wonderful seagull, carved of wood and polychromed, has a familiarity about it to me, as if done by an artist whose work I have seen somewhere but can't place. It's definitely not your average seagull, I really think done by someone known, and something tells me from Nova Scotia but that's just a hunch. The painterly white head with mossy green yellow tipped beak is just glorious, and I love the way it stands balanced on tail features with wire