Cerulean Warbler by F.F. Gesner, Unusual 1930 Carved Bird on Branch Mounted to Painted Wall Plaque Washington DC who signed and dated this

who signed and dated this in 1889

looking both keen and serene

sculptural scale

with cutout engraving decorated with collaged bits of gold

Cerulean Warbler by F.F. Gesner, Unusual 1930 Carved Bird on Branch Mounted to Painted Wall Plaque Washington DC who signed and dated thisThis is less a wall hanging that a whole environment lending our Cerulean Warbler a world of its own. (The branches extend nearly seven inches from the wall, so it is a real perch!) I just immediately fell in love with the bird, really wonderfully carved and painted (better in person), and then quite unusual in my experience to find one with such an elaborate wall mount as this, painted to evoke just the sort of moody, deciduous forest where Cerulean