Lot Essay
For similar Simmons bird trees, see Machmer, Just For Nice (Reading: HSBC, 1991), figs. 3 and 4, p. 21.
"SCHTOCKSCHNITZLER" SIMMONS (1870-1910), BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, 1885-1910
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A CARVED AND PAINTED BIRD TREE
"Schtockschnitzler" Simmons (1870-1910), Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1885-1910
Four birds, each with articulated beak, eyes, wings and tail on wire legs mounted on branches issuing from trunk centered on a sphere, on octagonal plinth; painted in red, yellow, black and green
"Schtockschnitzler" Simmons (1870-1910), Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1885-1910
Four birds, each with articulated beak, eyes, wings and tail on wire legs mounted on branches issuing from trunk centered on a sphere, on octagonal plinth; painted in red, yellow, black and green