Very Fine Antique Needle Lace Crowing Bird, Framed  carved spools structurally super strong with no

structurally super strong with no slumping

And then those little flowers everywhere

F it appears) painted in red on the front

and the wonderfully detailed grass upon which she stands in her tiny black shoes

I believe it is silver plate and is in very good condition

Very Fine Antique Needle Lace Crowing Bird, Framed  carved spools structurally super strong with noI can't get enough of figural lace, and this particular type style of needle lace is my favorite sort (I believe Belgian in origin), with what looks like a million tiny tight knots making up the bird alone. The wonderful spiderweb like field surrounding it here suggests a nest to me, as if it might have come with open beak to feed the babies, though as the bird appears to have a comb and wattle (launching this a wonderful arch of triangles, like a