3 5/8" Birdstone. OH. Fine slate example, holes

3 5/8" Effigy Boatstone. Oh. Highly developed slate example. Very fine condition. Jackson COA

3 15/16" Birdstone. Williams Co, OH. Brown Slate. Very well made with crisp lines and a flared tail. Very fine condition with just minor scuffs. Holes intact. Davis G9 COA

3 1/4" Long Neck Slate Birdstone. Wood Co, OH. Found 1903. Townsend's last Birdstone. Acquired 1987 from Menard Wilson. Ex-Ladow Johnston. T-5286 (actually T-5268 in book). Holes intact, fine conditio

2 3/8" Bust Birdstone. Miami Co, OH. Nicely banded Slate. Holes intact. Surface has some mineralization present. Ex-Lyle Guckert, Skip Bower. Pictured in Collectors II (CHAPA, p64). Putty and Partain

Green Banded Slate example with heavy polish. Modern.

5 3/4" Spineback Gorget. OH. Large, fine example. Banded Slate. Ex-Dr. Stan Copeland. Davis G10 COA

Out of the Robert Warrenberg Collection Collected from the mid to late 1900’s

2 3/16" Bust Birdstone. Darke Co, OH. Banded Slate. Banded Slate. Fine condition. Ex-Robert Matthias, Lester Tolliver

3 5/16" Salvaged Notched Ovate Bannerstone. Ross Co, OH. Slate. Neat example with oval hole. Ex-Judge Claude Stone

2 5/8" Slate Birdstone. PA. Tail anciently salvaged/shortened. Fine example. Dark banded slate. Davis G9 COA

3 3/4" Slate Birdstone. Lucas Co, OH. Top of tail restored. Holes intact. Ex-Earl Townsend, Jim Johnston (Townsend acquired 1966), Dr. T. Hugh Young. Writing on bottom appears to be Meuser's. Pictured

3 9/16" Quadraconcave Gorget with 3 Holes. Wayne Co, OH. Ex-Gilbert Cooper, Al Wakefield, Dr. Gordon Meuser (187/5). Very fine example with shallow flake off back corner. 7/24/19: Added pictures inclu

Fine 3 1/4" Brown Slate Birdstone. McMinn Co, TN. Grooved base on this undrilled example

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

3 7/8" Tallied Bell Pendant. Ft. Recovery, OH. Fine example with tallies on top and bottom. Banded Slate. Ex-Bob Yakimicki, Evan Price, Dr. Stan Copeland

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

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

Beautifully made and polished with two holes drilled from flat base and finished from top, marked Sandusky Co, Oh., 1 3/8” wide x 4 ¾” long x ½” thick. Condition Fine.

3 13/16" Reel Bannerstone. Ohio. Fine old example with worn sections of base flaked off. Nicely banded and polished Slate. Ex-Nick Cooksey. Found in 1949. Bennett COA

5" Birdstone. OH. Slate. Holes intact. Over cleaned by early colletor. Finely made, classic shape. Ex-John Kohr. Jackson G9 COA

5 1/5" Constricted Center Gorget. OH. Banded Slate. Fine example with just a few small nicks. Surface overcleaned. Ex-Ray Franks

2 3/4" Bust Birdstone. IN. Brown slate. Holes intact. Eyes have been ground/salvaged almost flat with the head

3 5/8" Pulaski. Pike Co, IL. Very fine example, serrated. Leo Paul Davis

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