C. 1920s Folk Art Eagle by Everett Pratt, Freeport, Maine pun 9 5/8" x 7 1/2"

9 5/8" x 7 1/2"

But what makes this one particularly intriguing is that pasted to the back of the painting and written in pencil in a childlike hand

If not to be worn

which this bowl perfectly exemplifies in the interplay of solid forms

C. 1920s Folk Art Eagle by Everett Pratt, Freeport, Maine pun 9 5/8" x 7 1/2"It seems eagles were the primary subject of Everett Pratt of Freeport, Maine, who carved this one in the 1920s or so. Ive found a few auction records of a couple of other eagles by him, from the same period, as well as a mention in a book by John Gould titled This Trifling Distinction: Reminiscences from Down East that tells us Everett stood about 7 feet tall! This eagle, too, has quite a large presence I think, proudly perched, wings spread, on a cut