Charming Old Iron Cutout Orange Painted Bird on Post pine wood Eleanor studied in Halifax and

Eleanor studied in Halifax and the Avoncroft Pottery

Jane Saunders in Oneonta

Bluck in Bermuda

and warding off evil spirits and unwanted guests

and Chinese characters on the other

Charming Old Iron Cutout Orange Painted Bird on Post pine wood Eleanor studied in Halifax andPerhaps this wonderful painted sheet iron cutout bird was once the topper on a weathervane? I am not entirely sure, but in any case it's a pretty fabulous thing, with the orange paint perfectly aged and weathered to give it almost a marbleized look set off by the rich black. I really think the silhouette could not be better either, with that beak open to sign toward the sky! I am not sure the age but certainly old. In great shape, with the iron giving