Great Hand-painted Yellow Cutout Wooden Chicken on Orange Base tin house 43 1/2" x 11/16" wide

43 1/2" x 11/16" wide and deep

they're quite similar to a couple of decks of Charles Goodall & Son

painted fabulous bright colors (painted on both sides)

This watercolor comes from a collection of landscape by an unknown artist portraying landscapes from the Lake District and Isle of Wright in the UK--popular travel destinations of the era

now strung with black thread for hanging them

Great Hand-painted Yellow Cutout Wooden Chicken on Orange Base tin house 43 1/2" x 11/16" wideThough unsigned, if I had to guess, I might think this great wooden folk art chicken was the work of well known Georgia folk artist RA Miller (1912 2006) the silhouette and use of line is very similar, though perhaps it is a little too refined. At any rate, a pretty terrific chicken rooster? I think, with wonderfully graphic, black painted details and the perfect orange painted base. Super. 8 11 16" tall c 5 7 8" wide x 2 1 4" deep (at base); bird