Bidspirit auction | Cockatoo with Placard Spelter Bank

Cockatoo with Placard Spelter Bank - Germany - 1920's - 4” Tall. Illustrated as #134-C in PGSB. This example includes a small placard affixed to the bird's talons that identifies it as ”A Present from Kirriemuir”, which is a small hamlet in rural Scotland. The author of Peter Pan (J. M. Barrie) was born and is buried in Kirriemuir.