Purple Finch by Jess Blackstone
(NH 1909-1988)
 
This little bird with its bright color just makes us smile. Excellent surface texture with raised wing tips, chip carved base, and a highly detailed paint pattern. A great bird by a maker whose collectability has risen exponentially over recent years, thus making them harder and harder to find.
 
Original paint with slight blemish to throat.
 
Signed on bottom with Blackstones usual monogram, species identification, and number (63123).