C. 1920s Folk Art Eagle by Everett Pratt, Freeport, Maine rounded lidded box there are two lines of

there are two lines of text that despite my best efforts I cannot entirely decipher

when he was unable to carve any more

Lilley & Co

with a bit of the feeling of an hourglass

holding all the pages tightly together

C. 1920s Folk Art Eagle by Everett Pratt, Freeport, Maine rounded lidded box there are two lines ofIt seems eagles were the primary subject of Everett Pratt of Freeport, Maine, who carved this one in the 1920s or so. Ive found a few auction records of a couple of other eagles by him, from the same period, as well as a mention in a book by John Gould titled This Trifling Distinction: Reminiscences from Down East that tells us Everett stood about 7 feet tall! This eagle, too, has quite a large presence I think, proudly perched, wings spread, on a cut