Wonderful Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Birds - Sold Individually shipibo pottery bowls and the cup is 2

and the cup is 2 3/4" tall x 5 1/2" at widest (handle to handle)

This marvelous thing is an antique "sandpaper painting"--a technique popular in the mid 19th century

I love that he embodies a feeling of instability and anticipation

it feels both ancient and decidedly modern

Wonderful Carved, Painted Antique Mechanical Birds - Sold Individually shipibo pottery bowls and the cup is 2I think these are amazing. I've come across a few others (though none as lovely), but no one ever seems to know anything about them. I think most likely they were part of a cuckoo clock or something similar, where some sort of mechanics would periodically trigger their wings to raise and beaks to open perhaps simultaneously producing a chirp chirp! I like these stuck in a small vase like flowers, or you could stick them in a small planter, to circle