C. 1920s Folk Art Eagle by Everett Pratt, Freeport, Maine rounded lidded box so probably did lose an

so probably did lose an end at some point long ago

plus a a wonderfully 3-d sculpted nose

you need to cut down a bit on your coffee consumption

there are two lines of text that despite my best efforts I cannot entirely decipher

C. 1920s Folk Art Eagle by Everett Pratt, Freeport, Maine rounded lidded box so probably did lose anIt seems eagles were the primary subject of Everett Pratt of Freeport, Maine, who carved this one in the 1920s or so. Ive found a few auction records of a couple of other eagles by him, from the same period, as well as a mention in a book by John Gould titled This Trifling Distinction: Reminiscences from Down East that tells us Everett stood about 7 feet tall! This eagle, too, has quite a large presence I think, proudly perched, wings spread, on a cut