Carving
- Title:
- Purple Finch
- Object Name:
- Carving
- Object ID:
- 1986.064.09
- Creator:
- Blackstone, Jess (1909-1988)
Woodcarver - Place of Origin:
- Pembroke, NH
- Date:
- 1930-1950
- Description:
- Carving, bird, made by Jess Blackstone. Purple Finch. Wood, carved and painted. Wire legs extending into wooden base. Legs painted black, feet painted black on base. Base gray/brown, carved to simulate small mound. Bird's beak dark purple. Light purple on front of breast that trails toward back to become whitish color on bottom. Light purple on rest of top of body and head. Dark purple hood on top of head with black edges. Some blackish stripes behind eyes and on sides of neck. Brownish/purple feathers with light purple/gray edges on wings and tail. Bottom of tail is gray with dark gray edges. Signed on bottom, "J" with a "B" at the base of the J. Numbered "43", bottom of base. "PURPLE FINCH".
- Material:
- Wood
Metal - Dimensions:
- H-2.2 L-3.6 D-1.3 inches
- Provenance:
- Used by Jess Blackstone (1909-1988), bird carver, of Pembroke, NH.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Frances Heald, in Memory of Mary E. Heald
- Subjects:
- Birds, Wood carving, Purple finch
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