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<p>[QUOTE="buyjunksellantiques, post: 65615, member: 658"]I know this little carved bird is a hand thrown terra cotta oil lamp. The only opening is the hole on it's tail for filling and feeding the wick in. There are no markings on it and I've searched the web via google and yahoo but can't seem to find one like it. I've used the general search terms i.e., antique, vintage, bird, hand thrown, terra cotta, stoneware, oil lamp, etc.; I've found several oil lamps but nothing close to looking like this. I've even went so far as searching for "new" oil lamp pottery and have found nothing.</p><p>Sooo I thought maybe someone one in this group could help me out. I'm thinking it's central or south American (Mexican and lower countries), because of the design. But I'm stumped because I'm a little out of my zone on this sort of thing. Any contribution would help me greatly. TIA</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]16947[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16948[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16947[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16948[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16947[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="buyjunksellantiques, post: 65615, member: 658"]I know this little carved bird is a hand thrown terra cotta oil lamp. The only opening is the hole on it's tail for filling and feeding the wick in. There are no markings on it and I've searched the web via google and yahoo but can't seem to find one like it. I've used the general search terms i.e., antique, vintage, bird, hand thrown, terra cotta, stoneware, oil lamp, etc.; I've found several oil lamps but nothing close to looking like this. I've even went so far as searching for "new" oil lamp pottery and have found nothing. Sooo I thought maybe someone one in this group could help me out. I'm thinking it's central or south American (Mexican and lower countries), because of the design. But I'm stumped because I'm a little out of my zone on this sort of thing. Any contribution would help me greatly. TIA [ATTACH=full]16947[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16948[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16950[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16947[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16948[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]16947[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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