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Title: What do you think this is?
Post by: greenacres on January 28, 2017, 09:09:01 PM
My mother think this object is Swedish and I say it's Amish. This is from my grandfather. I think I see writing. What are your thoughts?
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Post by: greenacres on January 28, 2017, 09:14:03 PM
Candy dish maybe? I just don't think so. Folk art?
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Post by: cogar on January 29, 2017, 06:31:15 AM
What type (species) of bird is the top motif suppose to represent?

I can't see the head very well.
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Post by: greenacres on January 29, 2017, 08:50:59 AM
Still figuring out this phone, lol. Here's a better picture.
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Post by: cogar on January 29, 2017, 09:26:49 AM
Possibly a quail or a "ring-neck" pheasant.
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Post by: mart on January 29, 2017, 10:17:26 AM
What is it made of ??  Wood,, cast iron,, ceramic ??
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Post by: greenacres on January 29, 2017, 11:33:02 AM
It's wood.
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Post by: mart on January 29, 2017, 03:25:24 PM
Well,, its flat on the bottom so it was made to sit somewhere !!
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Post by: ghopper1924 on January 29, 2017, 05:56:04 PM
Looks like a stylized rooster. What does the writing say?
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Post by: mart on January 29, 2017, 06:33:55 PM
Quote from: cogar on January 29, 2017, 09:26:49 AM
Possibly a quail or a "ring-neck" pheasant.

Maybe a European Collard dove which we have here !!
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Post by: greenacres on January 29, 2017, 08:24:06 PM
It looks like numbers and some letters on the bottom.
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Post by: KC on January 30, 2017, 01:34:09 AM
Am I seeing correctly that the top of the bird (in the curve) that the paint is worn?  Kind of reminds me of a match holder and strike.
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Post by: ghopper1924 on January 30, 2017, 03:06:29 AM
Quote from: KC on January 30, 2017, 01:34:09 AM
Am I seeing correctly that the top of the bird (in the curve) that the paint is worn?  Kind of reminds me of a match holder and strike.

I got that feeling as well. Perhaps a holder for kitchen matches, a function eminently suitable to a  stylized hen.
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Post by: greenacres on January 30, 2017, 05:35:49 PM
Clever! Never would have thought of that!
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Post by: mart on January 30, 2017, 07:40:30 PM
Could be !!