Strange 1929 Devilish Bird in Egg Watercolor articulated toy is a very charming example

is a very charming example

really love the crisp

A little research tells me that the Durkee family was important in the settlement of Oregon

now they're the right size to hang around one's neck or indeed to loop a key ring through

Strange 1929 Devilish Bird in Egg Watercolor articulated toy is a very charming exampleA weird one for sure, but I'm pretty into this watercolor gouache, done by a Silova O. Kolin in 1929. I might guess it has something to do with the end of one decade and beginning of another, perhaps with this black devil bird meant to represent the hatching the year 1930 (not really a great year in the history of things), screaming as it does. Or maybe it is just an anthroporphism of the proverbial primal scream. In any event, I think the pointy