Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement which makes me think it's

which makes me think it's true purpose may have been to serve as a pin cushion--and an easy one not get buried under under things

though would be easily taken apart

and thought the patterning on this antique silver gessoed wooden one suited it fairly well

and their linear arrangement

Ernest Young Man Tenderly Holding Chicken, c. 1940s-50s Snapshot save the food advertisement which makes me think it'sPortraits of very sincere looking boys holding farm chickens is one of my very favorite genres ever! And a very loving relationship captured here, I'd say. Looks like a view to the coop in the background, and a couple of nice diagonals framing him and the bird too. Sweet and tender. 5 1 8" x 3 1 16". Clipped corners as evident, and some toning as evident.