Wonderful Old Folk Art Carved Swallow Tail Bird, Signed Adams Staffordshire pearlware The stoneware/earthenware plate is not

The stoneware/earthenware plate is not large--but just right for adding a little color to the table or serving oneself a happy treat

9 3/4" long x 1 1/4" tall x 1/4" thick and in very good vintage condition- a tiny bit of loss of paint along the bottom edge

with 13 more that are straight with carved banding near their tip

but gives thanks for his many blessings

as is indicated on one block reading "Erected 1907

Wonderful Old Folk Art Carved Swallow Tail Bird, Signed Adams Staffordshire pearlware The stoneware/earthenware plate is notThis wonderful creature, found very close to home this week, completely won my heart, and the more time I spend with it, the more tender and lovely I find it. With black painted head and split tail, I assume it represents a swallow of some type, or perhaps a tern, and the petrified wood base (the absolute perfect base) definitely points to shorebird. The wings were separately carved then attached by pin, with one of them loose and easy to remove and