Old Carved and Painted Hawk or Falcon on Natural Wood Base inclined car I believe they must have

I believe they must have been produced in a small batch--this set once the property of The Reading Center in Boston--and are housed in a blue cloth covered box with silver text

Perhaps is Ben

or set them on shelves

And the wing-like arms of the diver mid air

3 1/8" t x 2 1/4" d

Old Carved and Painted Hawk or Falcon on Natural Wood Base inclined car I believe they must haveI'm not the best at identifying birds, but certainly this is a bird of prey, either a falcon or a hawk I believe, with wire extending to form its crooked beak, and wonderfully large painted black eyes that make it seem keenly observant and poised not to miss a thing, miles around! Whether the base is original to it or not I can't say for sure, but they certainly feel akin, and there are two small holes in the wood into which the bird's wire feel