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A Pair of Songbird Dioramas (c. 1850 Austria)

Country of Origin

Austria

Dated

c. 1850

Dimensions

34.00inch wide   44.90inch high
(86.36 cm wide  114.05 cm high)

Condition

Condition report on request.


Description / Expertise

A charming and highly unusual group of Austrian provincial carved and naturalistically painted wooden models of songbirds. Each bird is shown attached to a twig perch that is in turn mounted on a carved plinth. They are now framed as a pair of dioramas with a background of branches.