Exceptionally Lovely Antique Carved Bluebird with Tin Wings vase with sun face I just snagged a handful

I just snagged a handful of pieces by James Frederic Bone (1929-2015)

as I found others it closely resembles attributed as such

or holding anyone's favorite bedtime reading material

horse chestnut

and the curves of the double banded rim that tops its neck

Exceptionally Lovely Antique Carved Bluebird with Tin Wings vase with sun face I just snagged a handfulThis bird gets me on every level, and just look at that view of it from the underside, looking rather like a slug with wings! I purchased it from the same dealer as the toy gun I just listed, and have a bit of a feeling that the two were made by the same person, including for the fact that the blue paint looks like it could be the same. Here it appears the blue was painted over an earlier coat of red, I would guess one quickly on the top of the other,