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The bird is to be modelled with its beak open & and its head feathers puffed out, as singing.
The flowers round the foot of the tree to be pansies, with their little leaves between them. If the bird is burnished, the
pansy blossoms might be so too.
The tree might perhaps be made a hawthorn, and little clusters of flowers introduced among the leaves. The flowers might
then also be burnished.
Take care that the gold is a good deep colour.
Note: DGR's holograph directions to the artisan are inscribed around the two stamped seals and monogram.
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