Very Very Last of the Old Birdlover's Watercolors: Hooded Merganser wooden tool made by the Vermont Toy

made by the Vermont Toy Works company

The contents are in excellent condition

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with toning along left edge and some calculations in pencil on reverse

2 1/4" x 3 1/2"

Very Very Last of the Old Birdlover's Watercolors: Hooded Merganser wooden tool made by the Vermont ToyTruly the very last few today from a great bunch of old naive watercolor of birds done by someone long ago who was quite serious about his birds! Each and every one of them a charmer I think, this one portraying a proud Hooded Merganser, with especially good hand painted attribution under the patch of blue water at bottom left. 7 1 16" x 5 1 6" and in good condition, with a bit of erased pencil outline to the right of the head and right leg, which