Fantastic Antique Hand-carved, Gilded Folk Art Dove folk art reverse glass painting as if in motion

as if in motion

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Fantastic Antique Hand-carved, Gilded Folk Art Dove folk art reverse glass painting as if in motionI had at first taken this as an eagle, but I am now thinking it must be a dove, looking quite beatific with its wide eyes, smallish beak, and most angelic wings, a symbol of peace and also the Holy Spirit. The examples most similar in manner I have found are 19th century French and French Canadian; this one I found it in an off the beaten path spot in Maine, so perhaps the latter. Based on the holes in its flat back I would think either the topper on