Cerulean Warbler by F.F. Gesner, Unusual 1930 Carved Bird on Branch Mounted to Painted Wall Plaque buddhist monks Just a little research makes

Just a little research makes me think the hammer earlier than later 19th century American

with witty verse of the toilet humor variety and a frog inside

8 3/4" x 6 4/8" x 5/16

hang them side by side and never tire of looking at them

Cerulean Warbler by F.F. Gesner, Unusual 1930 Carved Bird on Branch Mounted to Painted Wall Plaque buddhist monks Just a little research makesThis is less a wall hanging that a whole environment lending our Cerulean Warbler a world of its own. (The branches extend nearly seven inches from the wall, so it is a real perch!) I just immediately fell in love with the bird, really wonderfully carved and painted (better in person), and then quite unusual in my experience to find one with such an elaborate wall mount as this, painted to evoke just the sort of moody, deciduous forest where Cerulean