Charming Antique Folk Art Watercolor of Bird on Branch Signed Esa, Framed hand puppet good for play anywhere

good for play anywhere

It certainly feels rather mythological

I love this little flock

hand-carved wooden doll

and red lines rising from nostrils together convey constant motion and circulation in all directions

Charming Antique Folk Art Watercolor of Bird on Branch Signed Esa, Framed hand puppet good for play anywhereI'm always on the lookout for 19th century Fraktur style folk art watercolors exactly like this one, which I am assuming was done by a young girl named Esa, though there are also the initials HL in pencil at lower left. The bird, flowers and branch were outlined in pencil, then painted in soft blue, green, ochre and pink. Serene but very cheerful and just lovely. Done on lined paper, with an embossed mark at lower right. It appears to be fairly newly