Emma Dilmore's Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Bird on Branch Danish viking Her body is all wood

Her body is all wood with mortise and tenon joints

And a custom stand to boot

I believe this box once held "Froebel "Gift 5"

no real matter

meaning it could be wound and spun on either end

Emma Dilmore's Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Bird on Branch Danish viking Her body is all woodOne more marvelous bird from a young Emma Dilmore, this one a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year watercolor to her Aunt (Nonnie?), early 1890s based on others in the batch. I'm not quite sure what breed of bird with this fantastic rainbow of tail feathers, but just my sort! With a pale pink watercolor bottom border with yellow stripe a separate piece of paper adhered as trim to the larger one. Clearly some loss across the top and a rough right edge,