Folk Art Pelican with Fish in Mouth U.S. Tile Company as it should

as it should

1837)—the super bright and very entrepreneurial youngest child of Durs Rudy (a Swiss immigrant who kept a store and hotel

I'm anything but an expert on ledger drawings

plus a couple of what seem to be chunks of yellow paint stuck to her apron

I'm not quite sure the mix of metals here--mostly lead I think

Folk Art Pelican with Fish in Mouth U.S. Tile Company as it shouldI'm usually finding carvings of shorebirds around here, so was happy to find this migrated pelican the other day in Maine, looking so exotic! In his long beak he holds a little painted wooden fish, the tail end of which looks to be lost but that seems fairly appropriate. Nicely color, satisfying swirly paint for the wings, and on a great solid wood base. Unsigned. 7 11 16 t X 5 1 4 w (measured on the square). 3 5 8 x 3 1 8 d base. Very good overall