Vintage 1950s Bird Identification book - A Natural History of American Birds of Eastern and Central North America circa 1955 cookie jars sugar cubes

sugar cubes

crazing and staining in each piece

was first created in 1920 and consists of random sprays of cottage-style flowers including roses

this sampler has been hand-stitched beautifully with not a thread out of place

appetizers are artful little contrivances for putting company in a company mood

Vintage 1950s Bird Identification book - A Natural History of American Birds of Eastern and Central North America circa 1955 cookie jars sugar cubesThe little black capped chickadee is the embodiment of cheerfulness, verve and courage. It can boast no elegant plumes, and it makes no claims as a songster, yet this blithe woodland sprite is a distinctive character, and is a bird masterpiece beyond all praise (page 343, The Black Capped Chickadee) {HISTORY} First published in 1939, this vintage bird identification book features the ornithological work of Edward Howe Forbush (1858 1929) a child