Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2618BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 28, 2012 10:00AM
Description:
Jess Blackstone Carved and Painted Miniature European Goldfinch Figure, late second or third quarter 20th century, carved wooden bird with scratch-feather surface, mounted on a rock-form base, species identified in English and German, and signed "JB" on the base, ht. 2 1/8 in.
Note: This carving may have been done while Jess was stationed in Germany, c. 1945.
Estimate $400-600
Minute paint loss to beak and tail tip.