Folk Art Pelican with Fish in Mouth U.S. Tile Company I'm not quite sure the

I'm not quite sure the mix of metals here--mostly lead I think

1837)—the super bright and very entrepreneurial youngest child of Durs Rudy (a Swiss immigrant who kept a store and hotel

with such beautiful old paint on them and all those rows of black windows

and a small ding to spine visible from the back

but might continue to happen a bit and there are a few stray white marks here and there

Folk Art Pelican with Fish in Mouth U.S. Tile Company I'm not quite sure theI'm usually finding carvings of shorebirds around here, so was happy to find this migrated pelican the other day in Maine, looking so exotic! In his long beak he holds a little painted wooden fish, the tail end of which looks to be lost but that seems fairly appropriate. Nicely color, satisfying swirly paint for the wings, and on a great solid wood base. Unsigned. 7 11 16 t X 5 1 4 w (measured on the square). 3 5 8 x 3 1 8 d base. Very good overall