Old Erzgebirge Small Hand-painted Barn with Lone Horse Maine wood duck including in combination with splint

including in combination with splint ash on the lower half of the vessel

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which shows very very subtly on the front cover

I think these papier mache eggs are mini masterpieces

where some sort of mechanics would periodically trigger the wings to raise and beaks to open --perhaps simultaneously producing a chirp chirp

Old Erzgebirge Small Hand-painted Barn with Lone Horse Maine wood duck including in combination with splintA small thing, but such a lovely one really, how to beat the color scheme and patterning on this old Erzgebirge painted barn? And a pretty great white stripe painted down the front of this brown horse's face, too. One could certainly build a miniature barnyard scene around this, though I kind of love this horse having it all to herself. The manner of the painting on the barn indicates to me c. 1920s 30s, but I think it was well stored away as it's in