This is less a wall hanging that a whole environment--lending our Cerulean Warbler a world of its own. (The branches extend nearly seven inches from the wall, so it is a real perch!) I just immediately fell in love with the bird, really wonderfully carved and painted (better in person), and then quite unusual in my experience to find one with such an elaborate wall mount as this, painted to evoke just the sort of moody, deciduous forest where Cerulean Warblers live (and with the oval framing of the painted area evincing a distant view, as if through a scope.) There's a little paint loss around the top of the oval, and a bit of loss to a couple of branch tips, but to my eye it just makes if feel all the moodier. On the reverse side is painted the name of the bird and the artist, F.F Gesner (which has lead me nowhere), May 1930.
10 x 7 x 6 3/4" d. Some paint loss along the top edge of the oval on the mount, rough tips on a couple branches (I think they could be neatly clipped at the ends if desired), and one small loss to interior edge of tail feathers visible just if viewed directly from above or below. Stable and sound and better in hand--the bird itself really pops and is quite beautifully done.
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