Featured I have not a clue what these are but for $4 I thought I'd find out (pottery birds)

I have searched and searched but even with a signature and a maker's mark, I still haven't found out what the heck these are.

I thought they were neat. Kinda MCM or Scandinavian art pottery. And for $4, how could I turn them down?

There's a set of 4 but only one has the artist signature. All 4 have the potter's mark.

Any idea? Even search words would be a help.

 

I've no idea but think they're great!

 

I can tell you that my grandmother had a "flock" of birds that looked much like that. I'm GUESSING that she would have bought them in the 50s. Now that I think of her birds, I wonder where they went. Hey! Maybe you have them there! I like 'em!

 

Pie birds/vents?http://www.countryliving.com/shopping/antiques/g1037/vintage-pie-birds-1110/

 

Why these???
These beaks aren't open are they? And too big for a pie methinks....
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I have pie birds and even a pie rabbit.

 

Was just a wild guess, sorry.

 

It's ok. Participation is great!

 

Wild guesses are welcome too. Thanks!

 

Can anyone decipher the signature? I've tried variations of what I think it is with no luck so far.

 

Thanks all. OK, took another look, they look large in your hand there. What are the dimensions?

 

Decorative pieces?
I Jiyas is my guess on the signature

 

Qujas is a Spanish name...

 

This is your brain on Google...

http://www.whatmeansfor.com/f/meaning-definition-of/lqujas

 

And unfortunate that is> "what means for"
WTFooey???

 

It's a cautionary tale of what you run across when you compulsively Google... in this case it was "LQUJAS"...

 

I mean that specific collect/construction of words.
Who in the Helsinki would look for that?

 

Somebody who read the signature as "L. Qujas"...
Me!
I need to explain my chaotic thought processes more...

 

Ha!

 

Talking to a pottery dealer at the auction today and he thinks they may be Italian or Portuguese. Off to do some more searching.
(Love you guys and how you carry on. lol)