Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Bird modernist pin did a series of drawings

did a series of drawings late in life of floating forms composed of faces in profile

Typically unsigned

hard not to feel cheerful with this nearby

I think I'd use it as a serving bowl

with one eye and mouth wide open

Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Bird modernist pin did a series of drawingsI had two of these previously, which quickly sold, and was happy to find another, as I think these are amazing. I think this was most likely part of a singing bird cage or cuckoo clock or something similar, where some sort of mechanics would periodically trigger the wings to raise and beaks to open perhaps simultaneously producing a chirp chirp! One could just stick it in a little vase or small planter, to hover over a succulent, say. It's a fairly