Antique Folk Art Watercolor Bookplate in Hand-Carved Period Frame hand-formed vase but I just couldn't pass

but I just couldn't pass her by

The box shows plenty of wear and the box top is missing one short end

bird itself is 3/4" thick

with what look to me like hand-forced nails for the the pegs

which seem to be much rarer

Antique Folk Art Watercolor Bookplate in Hand-Carved Period Frame hand-formed vase but I just couldn't passThis antique watercolor with hex type star at center, done on what looks like the inside of a book's back cover, is just the sort of thing I am forever opening antique books in hopes of finding but never do! It looks to me this one was deemed special enough to frame long ago, and may have lived in this lovely hand carved framed since the beginning; perhaps the frame was made just for it, as it fits it exactly. I love the saturated colors and how