Fruit is Good For You, Old School Drawing by Richard Page Thurton unique basket Just a sweet and handy

Just a sweet and handy little thing

Someone more knowledgeable than me identified the woods as walnut with maple inlay

Photos show first the brighter blue then the paler blue bird

or to make a happy border around a kid's room or playroom

Fruit is Good For You, Old School Drawing by Richard Page Thurton unique basket Just a sweet and handyOne more by a young Richard Page Thurton, whose full name I know from a pile of old school penmanship exercises. This was among several having to do with good health and hygiene habits, and feels pretty hard to argue with! 12" x 9", pencil on construction paper. Paper is somewhat brittle but overall good condition.