Emma Dilmore's Marvelous Bird and Girl and Flowers in Great Antique Lemon Gold Frame old toy animal Use it as a little

Use it as a little vase (I would love it filled with lily of the valley)

And screwed into the back is some sort of bumper or mount

WWII era I believe

as if wanting just to shake hands but with those spikes getting in the way

Emma Dilmore's Marvelous Bird and Girl and Flowers in Great Antique Lemon Gold Frame old toy animal Use it as a littleThis is one of several c. 1890s drawings by a brilliant young Emma Dilmore that I purchased from a seller near Kansas City, MO and just exactly the sort of watercolor drawing I am forever searching for. Double sided (reverse shown) but I think this purple crested, orange breasted bird floating in the air above two colorfully blooming plants wins, and gave it special treatment by placing it in a really lovely recently purchased 19th century lemon gold