Vintage Folk Art Oriole, Signed H. Sloan, Maine men boxing Wonderful for serving nuts

Wonderful for serving nuts

Unusual and just terrific

The one with the pink shirt and mint green lower half with come out of his base

A similar evolution marks his surfaces—from unpainted early carvings in the late 1960s to the introduction of paint

I found this one at a recent estate sale in Weston

Vintage Folk Art Oriole, Signed H. Sloan, Maine men boxing Wonderful for serving nutsThis is one of six carved and painted birds I found together, all signed H. Sloan, Maine, and I believe dating to the 1980s or so. I've found a few other birds signed by Sloan out there on the internet, but haven't been able to dig up anything about him, and don't have a first name. Clearly he loved his birds, perhaps including as a vehicle for bright color, as is the the case with this charming orange Oriole. 5 3 8" long measured beak to tail; 3 3 8"