Blue Bird! Charming 19th Century Cutout Ink Drawing in Terrific Primitive Period Frame pastry wheel " Amid recipes for salves

" Amid recipes for salves and remedies of many sorts (rot in sheep's foot

but I find this battered vintage X-ACTO knife box

But if this letter

I don't believe it can be removed from the cage--at least I have not been able to get it out--but it might be possible from exactly the right angle

and especially like that this radiant apple was portrayed bottoms up

Blue Bird! Charming 19th Century Cutout Ink Drawing in Terrific Primitive Period Frame pastry wheel " Amid recipes for salvesPure joy. The marvelous, densely pen and blue ink decorated bird here is a cutout drawing, mid 19th c. I believe, purchased from a favorite Pennsylvania based dealer, and the wonderful c. mid 19th century black stained painted primitive frame with hand cut glass is one I found in New Hampshire and had waiting for the perfect thing, which I think the bird is! I mounted the cutout drawing to a piece of cream colored archival mat via one piece of