Fantastic Antique Hand-carved, Gilded Folk Art Dove surprising gift looks positively Goya-esque—at center stage

looks positively Goya-esque—at center stage

this bottle whimsy is not a very old one

The other (who I think of as the dying fawn

Now that I've spent some time with this marvelous book

"Cautiously avoid temptations to extravagance"

Fantastic Antique Hand-carved, Gilded Folk Art Dove surprising gift looks positively Goya-esque—at center stageI had at first taken this as an eagle, but I am now thinking it must be a dove, looking quite beatific with its wide eyes, smallish beak, and most angelic wings, a symbol of peace and also the Holy Spirit. The examples most similar in manner I have found are 19th century French and French Canadian; this one I found it in an off the beaten path spot in Maine, so perhaps the latter. Based on the holes in its flat back I would think either the topper on