Very Very Last of the Old Birdlover's Watercolors: Hooded Merganser wooden tool The contents are in excellent

The contents are in excellent condition

with toning along left edge and some calculations in pencil on reverse

I'd guess it dates to the very early 20th century

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2 1/4" x 3 1/2"

Very Very Last of the Old Birdlover's Watercolors: Hooded Merganser wooden tool The contents are in excellentTruly the very last few today from a great bunch of old naive watercolor of birds done by someone long ago who was quite serious about his birds! Each and every one of them a charmer I think, this one portraying a proud Hooded Merganser, with especially good hand painted attribution under the patch of blue water at bottom left. 7 1 16" x 5 1 6" and in good condition, with a bit of erased pencil outline to the right of the head and right leg, which