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Bird Figurines
Bird Figurines like the birds themselves first enticed man into flight.
Bird figurines are designed from the wonders of Mother Nature’s most abundant and diverse species.
Song birds are among the most imitated of all the special classes of smaller bird figurines. Bird figurines like most figurines on the market today are made from materials that were available eons ago to the most recently discovered substance.
There are hand blown glass bird figurines created by a talented Russian artist that range in bird sizes from the humming bird to the majestic eagle, these distinctive figurines are made with only with colored glass, a torch and hand tools, but life-like, beautiful and very reasonable none the less.
Eastern Europe has given us handcrafted bird figurines of natural stone and resin luxuriously adorned with shimmering beadwork.
Stone bird figurines from Florida are hand-carved by Master Carver Raul F. Astete of Miami as he brings each bird to life. His work in stunning authenticity is done in twenty semi-precious stones, like Amethyst (Peace and Harmony), Rose Quartz (Love and Happiness), Citrine (Professional Success) along with Sodalite, Agate and Serpentine, to mention just a few. Each of his bird figurines consist of between three and five diverse stones.
Scandinavia gives us “Canadian geese” the bird figurines of Mats Jonasson; the best of hand-made, world famous, crystal bird figurines and admired among discriminating collectors the world over.
Also the Iittala Glassworks of Finland has Oiva Toikka with his truly exceptional creativity his bird figurines and eggs are impressions that any collector would be envious to own. A pair of Bone china bird figurines (Parula Warblers) created by J. Doughty for Royal Worchester of England were a gift from Queen Elizabeth II to President Eisenhower and First Lady at the White House on October 17, 1957.These bird figurines can be viewed on Eisenhower National Historic Site.
The typical model for our bird figurines are defined as: “warm blooded egg laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings”. The word “Bird” was first used in English literature sometime before 1010.
In ancient times it was thought that some birds signified good luck while others represented evil. Today the Venus bird is the dove, the Arabian bird is the phoenix, the Washington bird is the bald eagle, the stork is considered good luck, the early bird catches the worm and we have figurines for all of them.
There are over nine thousand known species of birds in the world from the humming bird to the Ostrich.
Extinct birds consist of: the Carrier Pigeon, the flightless birds the Dodo, the Great Auk, the flightless Rail and the Moa of New Zealand. Statistics estimate over 17 thousand searches per day across the major English-language search engines for the word “Bird”. People who collect figurines are called “abrakophile”. Did you know that?
If you, someone you love or just a friend is a bird lover, a bird owner, a bird watcher or someone with distinctive taste, you have to check out all the exclusive bird figurines available in today’s unmatched market.
You will be delighted at what you see. |
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