JZ #11 SINGLE DISTELFINK

The Distelfink is the good luck and happiness bird of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Distelfink birds, often very stylized, were used to decorate marriage and birth certificates, bible fly leaves and furniture. It was basd on our thistle seed loving Goldfinch. Here the Distelfink is perched on a large heart bursting with tulips. The heart adds love; the tulips add faith. Overall, this design proclaims good luck and happiness. Happiness and good fortune is another accepted meaning.