Polished Slate Birdstone

3 ½” x 1 ½” Polished Slate Birdstone, Sandusky Co. Ohio – Ex. Ziegler Coll. In display box

5 1/4" Polished Red Slate Fantail Birdstone, Adena, Calhoun Co., Illinois. Ex- Dusac Coll. East Hardin, IL. G-10.

Nice example from Huron Co., Ohio in a wonderfully polished banded slate with 'worm tracks'.

Black highly polished argillite or slate. Modern.

Nice highly polished modern example. Green Slate

2 3/8" Slate Birdstone. McHenry Co, IL (Richmond). Ex-Earl Townsend (#1757), E.K. Petrie, A. B. Cassell. Pictured in the Birdstone Book (p369-E). Banding forms an eye. Excellent Condition. Featured on

3 3/4" Slate Birdstone. Oregon, IL. Interesting style with elevated legs. Ex-Earl Townsend (T-4943). Well pictured in Moorehead's 1917 Stone Ornaments (p406). Once in the B.A. Cothow, John Douglas and

3 1/8" Slate Birdstone. St. Joseph Co, IN. Brown Slate. Ex-Earl Townsend (#1732), R.K. Meyer, Ed Payne. Purple slate with cut mouth, drilled eyes and tallied tail. Fine condition with holes intact. Pi

5" Pop-Eyed Slate Birdstone. Chenango Co, NY. Large, brown slate example. Well made. Front hole breakout with ancient salvage. Ex-BW Stephens (1962, Bi-64)

4 3/8" Slate Birdstone. Found in 1903 in Ohio Co, KY. Overly cleaned, but otherwise fine condition. Holes intact. Ex-Earl Townsend, Wilbur Cunningham, Richard Harding. Pictured in Townsend's 2013 Sale

2 7/8" Slate Birdstone. Crawford Co, OH (near Bucyrus. Ex-Earl Townsend (T-5219), Stan Copeland, Dr. TH Young. Holes worn but intact. Pictured in Townsend's January 2015 Sale Catalog (lot 267). Featur

5" Banded Slate Birdstone, Found 1903 in Wood Co Ohio. Collected by Ladow Johnston, Toledo Attorney in 1933. Sold at an auction of Johnston’s collection in about 1968 to Menard Wilson of Derby Ohio.

4 3/4" Popeyed Slate Birdstone. Calhoun Co, MI. Excellent condition, holes intact. Mouth incising appears to have been added in modern times. Ex-BW Stephens (Bi-32)

5” Banded Slate Birdstone – pictured page 397, Who’s Who #4 listed as Ohio, Van Wert Co., Nice The Judge Claude Stone Collection, Some of these items are pictured on page 397 Who’s Who #4 in a

4 1/8" Slate Birdstone. Randolph Co, IN. Front hole intact, back anciently salvaged. Neat example. Well made, nice polish. Ex-B.W. Stephens (Bi-70)

3 1/2” Banded Slate Birdstone. Wood Co, WV. (rare West Virginia Bird!) Anciently salvaged head. Very well made. Holes intact. Pictured in Who's Who #11 (p319) and in Kevin Pipes' Oct. 2012 aucti

3 3/4" Slate Birdstone. Mercer Co, OH. Ex-Duane (Beanie) Johnson, Billy Hillen. "Worm Mark" decorates back side. Dickey & Jackson G9+ COAs

5 7/8" Slate Birdstone with Noded Eyes. Lenawee Co, MI. Ex-Earl Townsend (T-5296), C. Robinson. Rear hole worn through. Head has been restored. Vivid banding. Featured in Earl Townsend's January 2015

3 7/8" Slate Birdstone. Summit Co, OH. Good condition, undrilled. Ex-Cameron Parks (has his moniker). Well Pictured in Parks' collection in Who's Who #3 (p99). Also can be seen in #2 (p142)

2 3/4" Popeyed Slate Birdstone. Highly developed example, exact provenance unknown. Ex-Kevin Pipes, Byron Knoblock. Fine condition

4 1/8" Slate Birdstone. Montgomery Co, OH. Very well made, holes intact. Brown banded Slate. Davis G10 COA

4" Slate Birdstone. Delaware Co, OH. Ex-Lyle Guckert, Mark Slachter, Augustine Wherle. Finely made, good condition with top of tail restored. Pictured in 2009 #4 Prehistoric American Special Birdstone

2 15/16" Slate Birdstone, Pop-eyed, Writing on bottom is illegible, Ex. Thunderbird Native American Museum NJ Dorothy Middleton Nelson was the founder, curator and proprietor of the Thunderbird Museum

3 3/4" Slate Birdstone. Lucas Co, OH. Ex-Earl Townsend, Dr. Rollin Bunch. Has Dr. Gordon Meuser's familiar writing on bottom. Top 1/2" of tail restored