Don't think it's an antique but is it modern junk ? Cute bird.

OK..try not to laugh too hard at me, but I have a question about this bird.
Is it a newer Pier One Imports item, older or maybe a tourist item ?
He's 4+1/4" in length, solid wood with metal wings, tail, feet and nose.
I'm clueless.
Thanks in advance !

 

Pier 2.
No, I'm not sure.

 

LOL !

 

Glad you appreciate the humor. Some sometimes don't.

 

Without humor it would be pretty dull world, I can find humor in everything, even in very serious situations, it's coping mechanism.

 

Me too and always!
I have warned here that if a 'brass ring' is offered me I will take it for I may never get that chance again. It's all in fun though.
If I didn't like someone I wouldn't do that.
Wonder how many of us even know what I mean by a 'brass ring'.

 

I always thought of a "brass ring" as a free ride.

 

Yes....but how do you get that ride and on what?
No net cheating please...

 

King, not sure if you mean literally the merry-go-round brass rings, or a figurative meaning?

 

YES!!! That's it!!!! YAY!!!
I say that here and there and literally no one knows what I mean.
I used to 'grab the brass ring' on the boardwalk carousel at Coney Island.
That gets you a free ride.

 

Ah, Coney Island. The weather we're having at the moment brings to mind the Brooklyn beaches of my youth and fond memories.

 

2 things... +1
1) My Grandfather was Teamster and delivered many of the parts for the Parachute Jump. I now have one of the bolts from it.
2) Do you recall them taking the penguins out for a walk amongst the crowds everyday, or a certain day...maybe Tuesday, at the aquarium?
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+1 - I asked my Dad some time ago now why he would take me to the Bronx Zoo on Tuesdays. (He took off work to do this.)
1) No one there.
2) Every day was free! Except Tuesday........when it cost 10cents each!!!

 

The old Coney Island --ahh....yes

 

I was on the antique merry go round at the Shelburne Museum...recently.

 

Does it have these?

 

ain't no carousel like the one in Central Park.........and last I was there they still had the brass rings.............I used to snag one every time, my wife tried for years and never got a single one.................

 

Back to the bird,yes Op,I think its a newish item. But really cute.

 

Beeen that one many times when little...and sometimes since!

 

I don't remember seeing one.....the ride is free anyways !

 

My understanding is that these were all removed, at one time, because they were 'dangerous'. More like kids that should've been kept in armor.