Vintage Folk Art Bluebird, Signed H. Sloan, Maine orange and cream with the knife useful not

with the knife useful not just for opening letters but also for sharpening the pencil

The vertically oriented fish-shaped silhouette

11" x 7 3/4"

There is wear to the top and bottom spine edge of the paper cover and a little flagging to corners but it remains tightly bound and very stable

and the fantastic halo-like lines around their faces representing the fur lining of their hoods

Vintage Folk Art Bluebird, Signed H. Sloan, Maine orange and cream with the knife useful notThis is one of six carved and painted birds I found together, all signed H. Sloan, Maine, and I believe dating to the 1980s or so. I've found a few other birds signed by Sloan out there on the internet, but haven't been able to dig up anything about him, and don't have a first name. Clearly he loved his birds, and would guess that living in Maine might have had a particular affection for the bluebird and this one feels perhaps a bit older than the