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What do you think this is?
« on: January 28, 2017, 09:09:01 pm »
My mother think this object is Swedish and I say it's Amish. This is from my grandfather. I think I see writing. What are your thoughts?
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2017, 09:14:03 pm »
Candy dish maybe? I just don't think so. Folk art?
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #2 on: January 29, 2017, 06:31:15 am »
What type (species) of bird is the top motif suppose to represent?

I can't see the head very well.
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2017, 08:50:59 am »
Still figuring out this phone, lol. Here's a better picture.
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #4 on: January 29, 2017, 09:26:49 am »
Possibly a quail or a "ring-neck" pheasant.
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #5 on: January 29, 2017, 10:17:26 am »
What is it made of ??  Wood,, cast iron,, ceramic ??
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #6 on: January 29, 2017, 11:33:02 am »
It's wood.
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #7 on: January 29, 2017, 03:25:24 pm »
Well,, its flat on the bottom so it was made to sit somewhere !!
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2017, 05:56:04 pm »
Looks like a stylized rooster. What does the writing say?
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #9 on: January 29, 2017, 06:33:55 pm »
Quote from: cogar on January 29, 2017, 09:26:49 am
Possibly a quail or a "ring-neck" pheasant.

Maybe a European Collard dove which we have here !!
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2017, 08:24:06 pm »
It looks like numbers and some letters on the bottom.
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2017, 01:34:09 am »
Am I seeing correctly that the top of the bird (in the curve) that the paint is worn?  Kind of reminds me of a match holder and strike.
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2017, 03:06:29 am »
Quote from: KC on January 30, 2017, 01:34:09 am
Am I seeing correctly that the top of the bird (in the curve) that the paint is worn?  Kind of reminds me of a match holder and strike.

I got that feeling as well. Perhaps a holder for kitchen matches, a function eminently suitable to a  stylized hen.
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2017, 05:35:49 pm »
Clever! Never would have thought of that!
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Re: What do you think this is?
« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2017, 07:40:30 pm »
Could be !!
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