An ambitiously carved and perhaps the largest eagle produced by Bernier of Saco-Biddeford, Maine in the original painted finish.

~ ITEM DETAILS ~

Dimensions: H 21 1/2", W 61", D 27 1/2"
Date / Circa: Circa 1900
Maker / Origin: Attributed to Bernier, Saco-Biddeford, ME
Medium: Carved and painted pine, glass eyes.
Miscellaneous: We could speculate that this immense eagle perched on a book was made for a library originally. A nearly identical eagle of a slightly smaller scale can be found in The Flowering of American Folk Art, p. 182, fig. 241, collection of Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

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