Antique Carved Wooden Cherub Presumed 18th Century French Shoulao It's signed on the bottom

It's signed on the bottom with a triple "e"

and other cherished things

produced by Gerstendorfer Bros New York

with a small scratch to the surface of one of one of the lighter swallows

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Antique Carved Wooden Cherub Presumed 18th Century French Shoulao It's signed on the bottomThis wonderful little antique carved wooden cherub I am guessing is French, believe dates to the 18th century, and imagine came from a church or perhaps a piece of furniture. As I write this, Notre Dame is burning, so at the moment it looks to me rather sad, though yesterday I thought it looked quite beatific. I found it at the Wellesley, MA estate sale of artist Lois Gross Smiley (1925 2019), a prolific artist who came up with the Abstract