rare signed overbeck folk art pottery bird on flower paperweight primitive as-is

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NOTE are many more pictures / photo's to see below the description we do not use the ebay picture system for our PHOTOGRAPHS ..... also NOTE we USUALLY have around 250 antique , odd , unusual & collectible items listed in our..... BUY IT NOW.. department on ebay ...... for interesting glass , pottery , oil paintings , lamps , dolls toys advertising , china , primitives , vintage clothing , antiques ...... and more .... please check out our other listings from rare antiques to steampunk stuff. . Hi again ............ . i just got this bluebird sculpture at a recent estate auction near muncie ....... it stands about 5 1/4 inches tall ...... it sits on a pile of pink flower petals and green vines ...... lots of color on this one ....... fully marked .... OBK ..... for overbeck sisters pottery on the bottom ...... these little figurines are quite desirable here in indiana ...... the glaze is unique to the sisters ....... both american pottery aficionados , as well as paperweight collectors should have some interest in this one ....... nearing 100 years of age ....... perhaps even animal , and especially bird fans will enjoy this primitive example of the overbeck labors as you can see , the beak is broken here ...... an easy repair job if you are so inclined ...... or leave it alone and enjoy the folk art quality of the one of a kind piece ........ there is no reserve on this rare item . THANK YOU ALL .......... for taking the time to search out this listing ........ my family and i appreciate how valuable TIME really is as we get older ;) . ALSO PLEASE NOTE ..... should something be damaged in shipping or if there is a flaw in anything we have sold to you , PLEASE email us and tell us about it ..... we stand behind everything that we sell , and offer a complete refund on all items. ........we insure everything we ship feel free to contact us with any question by our link to ebay ...... . if there is a question about packages or product or payment plan ..... please call us at ..... the fairmount antique mall , fairmount indiana..... . EVERYTHING BELOW here is cut & pasted ..... our mom is often seen in the gallery photos showing the size of the item we have listed ....... she is 88 now , and always busy helping us ANY photograph shown will also get larger and show more detail if you .... it is a service of the VENDIO company. and shown below this description ...... SHIPPING ........................ Instructions and MAILING STUFF . . PAYMENT for our rare treasures & things can now be made with PAYPAL , ...... Please mail me if you have any questions about this policy or our other options of payment . . AGAIN , PLEASE ALLOW JON TO E-MAIL YOU AFTER THE AUCTION feel free to e-mail us with any and all questions ...................or use the ebay mail system ....... .. If you do not have our private e-mail , we are sorry ........ we used to post it here before ebay said no ....... remember , you are always welcome to come to our shop ......... (fairmount antique mall ) , downtown fairmount Indiana ...... some 50 miles north of indianapolis ...... " next to the corn fields " , here in hoosier farm country " . the hollywood actor james dean is from fairmount & we have a pair of fine museums with lots of his movie related items come and visit ..... and personally inspect any item that we offer to sell here on ebay ...... and and a PILE of thousands of our mostly ebay .... UNLISTED .... store items. .... some 5,000 square feet of stuff we are open from 10 to 6 ( local time ) ..... 7 days ...... we are always glad to hold things here for you, till you can drive by and pick the items up in person , art or furniture ....... a nice old primitive ....... they can simply decorate the store , safe and sound till you can come for them ...... some things available here are just not to be trusted being shipped ...... just too large ...... or too heavy ........ and s... read more

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