In my aunt's living room hangs a nice large rollable linen school plate from approx. 1950. No antiques yet, but super vintage. It is quite yellowed, but that's because it's been hanging there for a lot of years! It depicts 57 songbirds, they are even full size and in natural colors. It used to hang on the wall in school classes! That's a bit different from a digi-board today.

The wall plate is now worth around 50-80 euros, depending on the state of course. But it will probably not be sold for the time being.

It has the size of approximately 70x100cm, including the round wooden sticks that are attached to it. At the bottom, all the names of the birds are mentioned, with a number to find them on the record. It looks a bit like a big search plate! Do you know all 57? Not me! For example, do you find the bruise or the grass pager? Or the chiffchaff, the blackberry sneak or the garden whistler?

1. starling 2. hawfinch 3. greenfinch 4. putter 5. siskin 6. pinch 7. bullfinch 8. crossbill 9. tick 10. keep 11. house sparrow 12. ringsparrow 13. grey bunting 14. yellow bunting

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