Vintage Hand-Carved and Painted Wooden Bird Pins

A pair of vintage decorative pins, likely dating from the 1940s to 1950s, featuring hand-carved wooden songbirds perched on light brown wood-toned branches. The set includes two distinct birds: one with a warm orange-brown breast and dark, multi-colored wings, and another with a bright yellow breast and charcoal-black head. Both pieces exhibit high-quality craftsmanship, with meticulous hand-painted details including individual feather patterns in shades of yellow, blue-grey, white, and black. The eyes are carefully rendered with white and black dots to give a lifelike expression. The bird's legs appear to be constructed from twisted wire, finished in a dark lacquer to mimic organic claws. Each bird is mounted on a small carved wood twig, secured with fine wire wraps. The overall construction suggests they were made by skilled artisans, possibly Japanese-American internees or European craftsmen during the mid-20th century. The condition appears excellent with vibrant paint colors and no visible chips or significant loss to the fragile wing tips or beaks. The pins are resting on white fiber batting inside a gold-toned cardboard retail box, which adds to their provenance as a gift or collector's set. Minor oxidation may be present on the metal pin backs, though it is not clearly visible in the documentation photo.