Charming Old Iron Cutout Orange Painted Bird on Post hand-painted ceramic clown hat and booties

clown hat and booties

as it is hollow

Plus an unused back

Crazing to the glaze all over as well dark spots here and there

criss-crossing the leather strip at the other

Charming Old Iron Cutout Orange Painted Bird on Post hand-painted ceramic clown hat and bootiesPerhaps this wonderful painted sheet iron cutout bird was once the topper on a weathervane? I am not entirely sure, but in any case it's a pretty fabulous thing, with the orange paint perfectly aged and weathered to give it almost a marbleized look set off by the rich black. I really think the silhouette could not be better either, with that beak open to sign toward the sky! I am not sure the age but certainly old. In great shape, with the iron giving