Painted Cut Tin Bird on Branch pattern drawing 15 1/4" l x 6

15 1/4" l x 6 7/8" w x 3/4" tall

and a very satisfying object I must say

pink and gold

It appears that the date carved into the bottom is 1974

Painted Cut Tin Bird on Branch pattern drawing 15 1/4" l x 6I really love the marbleized paint on this tin cutout bird on branch, making it feel a bit as if hovering in the shadows, or maybe persevering through snow and rain and wind. I believe tin cutouts like this were sometime used as quilt templates; whether that is the case with this one I am not sure, but it seems to have age to it. I might hang it in a corner fairly high up as if perched in a tree top and keeping watch. 9 3 4" t x 4 1 2" and in very