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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ghopper1924, post: 456193, member: 5170&quot;]Hey all:</p><p><br /></p><p>This bird has a mysterious purpose. Was it the head of a cane? Hmmm.....</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears to be modeled after a Sunbird, from the tropics. It&#039;s red, decorated by hand with yellow and blue flowers with green leaves, with a black patch around the red eyes and a long, curved yellow beak. It seems to be made of cast iron.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you look at the photos, you&#039;ll see on the underside that the bird is hollow, with a flat stretch of metal in front of it. The metal is heavily filed and scratched. I&#039;m guessing that it was mounted on something, thus the idea about the cane. But that&#039;s just a shot in the dark.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m guessing from the style of painting that this is ca. 1880-1900, but I have no proof of age.</p><p><br /></p><p>This was bought in the U.S. midwest as part of a job lot. It measures 2&quot; wide by 8.5&quot; from &quot;tail&quot; to the tip of the beak.</p><p><br /></p><p>What do you think this was used for?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]157605[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]157606[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]157607[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]157608[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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