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Painted chalkware. Canary, painted gold with wings outlined in red. On green-painted base. Eyes and beak are black.
figurines
casting (process)
gypsum
painting (coating)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
true finch
Gypsum
Slip Cast
Painted
Canary
Figurine, Bird
In pencil on white adhesive label on base: #4345 $55.00
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
4 3/8 x 2 1/2 (HxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.657
Pennsylvania (United States)
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