Cerulean Warbler by F.F. Gesner, Unusual 1930 Carved Bird on Branch Mounted to Painted Wall Plaque Washington DC Plus the lettering spelling out

Plus the lettering spelling out OPEN across the center is to my eye really a beautiful thing

or as a hanger for a couple of belts or scarves

which is reminiscent of the figural stoppers of Erik Hoglund (mid-century Swedish)

with cutout engraving decorated with collaged bits of gold

Cerulean Warbler by F.F. Gesner, Unusual 1930 Carved Bird on Branch Mounted to Painted Wall Plaque Washington DC Plus the lettering spelling outThis is less a wall hanging that a whole environment lending our Cerulean Warbler a world of its own. (The branches extend nearly seven inches from the wall, so it is a real perch!) I just immediately fell in love with the bird, really wonderfully carved and painted (better in person), and then quite unusual in my experience to find one with such an elaborate wall mount as this, painted to evoke just the sort of moody, deciduous forest where Cerulean