Vintage Folk Art Bluebird, Signed H. Sloan, Maine Lehmann and the first I have

and the first I have seen featuring this character

Really a beautiful piece from top to bottom

I understand that these cards were originally patented by the Fireside Game Co

hydrometer was an old thermometer

and go antiquing together on Sundays

Vintage Folk Art Bluebird, Signed H. Sloan, Maine Lehmann and the first I haveThis is one of six carved and painted birds I found together, all signed H. Sloan, Maine, and I believe dating to the 1980s or so. I've found a few other birds signed by Sloan out there on the internet, but haven't been able to dig up anything about him, and don't have a first name. Clearly he loved his birds, and would guess that living in Maine might have had a particular affection for the bluebird and this one feels perhaps a bit older than the