Bird Face

[hotmill]

Hello there,

Can anybody help with this one please? Seems to have a birds face design on it. There are details on either side that look like feathers. No screw holes etc. for fitting to furniture but does seem to have a plate on the back which may have been used to mount the object onto something or hold a fastener. Can't figure out if the curve is natural or it has been bent that way at some point.

'Scuse the fingers on picture 3 

Thanks

[hotmill]

Apologies, here are the other 2 pics.

[audiolab]

just reading this months searcher and birds heavily influenced the normans,other than that im clueless

[Val Beechey]

Taking the size into account I can only suggest a Bridle or Harness decoration. It's a nice find.

Val

[hotmill]

Thanks for the replies.

[nobby]

ahh i can make it now.....two dragonflies or crickets back to back the swirly things meeting at the top are their antennae......most definatlety art nouveau period....