H.Sloan Maine Folk Art Bluebird 1940s pottery with a black glass bead

with a black glass bead inserted for the eye

but this is about my favorite Inuit carving I've ever seen

but I am not sure whether also relating to mail

to her bangled wrist and the way her hand leans on this pedestal

H.Sloan Maine Folk Art Bluebird 1940s pottery with a black glass beadThis is not the first carved bird signed H. Sloan, Maine that I've found (all, like this one, found in Maine), but I haven't been able to find much of anything about him, and don't have a first name. Clearly he loved his birds though, and I might guess that living in Maine he had a particular affection for the bluebird, which he painted the best deep blue. 1980s or so I would guess and very sweet. 5 11 16" beak to tail; 3 1 8" t. Very good condition.