Four Little Folk Birds ancient one tear at lower left

one tear at lower left

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a crease line down the center (I believe incurred before being pasted down)

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Four Little Folk Birds ancient one tear at lower leftThese remind me a good bit of antique German Erzgebirge animals, but I believe they are their own special things, and just right as a flock of four, carved of wood, with great much weathered dark green painted surfaces. I especially love the one with the very crooked beak, formed of a separate bit of wood, which I think lends a greater sense of drama to the group and highlights the fact that each bird has a distinctly different shape. (And aside from