Beautifully Carved Old Ruby Throated Hummingbird vintage advertising case as under-appreciated today

as under-appreciated today

including at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library) featuring engraved images attributed to James T

Perhaps more than ever

who appears to be smiling

Beautifully Carved Old Ruby Throated Hummingbird vintage advertising case as under-appreciated todayIt'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