Beautifully Carved Old Ruby Throated Hummingbird spencerian penmanship Pages 20 - 27

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11 5/8" x 7 1/8" x 3 1/2" t

with fat nails securing it

I've always found stitching on baseballs super beautiful in and of itself and also as it calls attention to the  construction of the skin of the ball from two pieces leather laid in opposite directions

Beautifully Carved Old Ruby Throated Hummingbird spencerian penmanship Pages 20 - 27It's been a great summer for hummingbirds here, buzzing around all over, but also forever buzzing away.. nice, then, to have one anchored in place! And an elegant old carved one this is, perched via wire legs atop a turned wooden base with bulb atop, as if it were sitting atop the world. With dark red paint on its throat and under it tail feathers, and very nicely carved detailing. To actual scale I believe, and very much capturing the spirit of the