Wonderful Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Birds - Sold Individually ornate The jacket of the largest

The jacket of the largest is a lighter blue than the rest

The mirror shows some aging as these pretty much always do

he was possessed with a consummate curiosity and keen intelligence in addition to a terrific aesthetic sensibility and sensitive touch

Carved of wood and painted the perfect orange with white nd black spots

) to open by pressing down on its crest

Wonderful Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Birds - Sold Individually ornate The jacket of the largestI think these are amazing. I've come across a few others (though none as lovely), but no one ever seems to know anything about them. I think most likely they were part of a cuckoo clock or something similar, where some sort of mechanics would periodically trigger their wings to raise and beaks to open perhaps simultaneously producing a chirp chirp! I like these stuck in a small vase like flowers, or you could stick them in a small planter, to circle