Photos don't quite do justice to this wonderful old handmade birdhouse, which has a terrific presence and charms all the way around. There is enough wear around the entrance to suggest a bird or two may have resided in it, and one of the chimneys looks to have been well nibbled on, but it is quite clean so i'm not really sure. The roof is copper, and the wood pine, with great structural details and what look to be ink-drawn windows on all sides though I suppose it is not impossible that the wood was printed. Just the right scale for a piece of tabletop architecture and with a truly fantastic dry wood patina. Love.
11 3/4" wide x 8 3/8" deep x 8 3/4" tall and in good, structurally sound condition. It looks like there was one small panel replaced on the back side quite a long time ago, as its got a nice warm patina too and makes it feel a bit like a secret back door. One chimney is loose in its mount and can be pulled off but easily repositioned and will stay there fine and there a missing nail at one back corner of the roof, no real matter but also easily replaced.
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