fbpx

Bird carving

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1860-1900

GUSN

GUSN-8522

Description

Small, carved in-the-round with wire legs. Painted in natural shades of tans, brown, white. Mounted on a twig and a turned wood base.

Details

Descriptive Terms

carvings (visual works)
carving (processes)
painting (coating)
wood (plant material)
figure- and animal-derived motifs
perching birds
Carved
Painted
Wood
Songbird
Carving

Associated Building

Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

4 1/2 x 5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little

Accession Number

1991.736

Reparative Language in Collections Records

Historic New England is committed to implementing reparative language description for existing collections and creating respectful and inclusive language description for new collections. If you encounter language in Historic England's Collections Access Portal that is harmful or offensive, or you find materials that would benefit from a content warning, please contact [email protected].