Vintage Folk Art Japanese Crane, Signed H. Sloan, Maine antique basket with wood handle The copper plate is firmly

The copper plate is firmly adhered to its original wooden block

and with a fantastic yellow halo or crown around it

and a latch at the center of the front

and would I think make a great little pedestal for a carved figure  or animal or other little this or thatl

I believe--features a rectangular top

Vintage Folk Art Japanese Crane, Signed H. Sloan, Maine antique basket with wood handle The copper plate is firmlyThis is one of six carved and painted birds I found together, all signed H. Sloan, Maine, and I believe dating to the 1980s or so. I've found a few other birds signed by Sloan out there on the internet, but haven't been able to dig up anything about him, and don't have a first name. As a Mainer, certainly he saw plenty of heron and egrets, but this is specifically a Japanese crane, as noted on the underside of the base. 7 1 4" t x 5 5 8" long beak to