Pink and Yellow Bird #2, Worm in Beak, Pennsylvania Folk Drawing c. 1900 old working decoy (As if the sign came

(As if the sign came to a skidding stop one--and never again

The first photo shows it turned upside down

Of course I can't think of a partridge without imaging one in a pear tree--but seems much nicer to have two

who operated a glass studio in Berkeley

published in 1846

Pink and Yellow Bird #2, Worm in Beak, Pennsylvania Folk Drawing c. 1900 old working decoy (As if the sign cameI found this drawing (and a second very similar, which I sold several months ago) in Pennsylvania tucked inside a school notebook, c. 1900 or so. Just a very joyful thing this exuberant pink crayoned and graphite detailed bird, worm in its beak and pink and yellows flowers of all sorts springing forth around it. As if all were right in the world, at least for this moment. PA for sure, graphite and crayon on lined notebook paper. 8 1 4" x 6 3 4". Very