Fabulous Red and White Painted Folk Art Sewing Bird (Duck) with Drawer china paint with thin black bands near

with thin black bands near the lip of the lid and near the top and bottom of the body

Her vases always have two coiled ring handles

true early set

Signed (incised) "Allie" on the underside

as if subtly pointing toward what lies at its center

Fabulous Red and White Painted Folk Art Sewing Bird (Duck) with Drawer china paint with thin black bands nearI've seen a fair number of vintage "sewing birds" around handy things, housing scissors, thread, and other sewing supplies but I have never seen another as good as this one! It's definitely the paint job that really makes it the perfect creamy white and blood red combo, with a great face on the duck and fabulous brush mark dabs all over. But the design is very good too, with a super long pull out drawer, spool holder posts along both sides, a hole for