The Raven's Perch Gothic Decor Wall Sculpture, Single

Black raven on a brown limb lies flat against the wall or patio pillar. The eyes of the raven have a special shine to them. The feathers are painted glossy black and are lifelike. The talons have long nails that are colored a brownish color. I hung the raven on my inner, wooden patio pillar and it really calls interest to the raven hanging there vertically. There are no hanging instructions or screws that come with the raven, so be prepared to find a fit to hang it. I created my own template of the screw placement using a mailing label and rubbing a lead pencil outline. It worked perfectly. The template is removed easily after the screw holes are first started. The raven, by Toscano are made to hang and lays flush with the wall or wood pillar. This raven weighs about 3 pounds. It’s very uniquely designed and demands attention. The raven is right out of Edgar Allen Poes ledendary poem. I highly recommend the Raven for year round enjoyment. Toscano did a beautiful piece of the raven…

This is a beautiful raven. It will look wonderful on my boyfriend’s patio.👍🏻

beautiful!!!

This big bird watches over you! So much attention to detail, in paint, and craftsmanship quality. Everything I've bought from Design Toscano has been top notch. I love decorating my home and property with their amazing creations!

This Raven has been in my shopping cart for quite a while, I bought an open box one for $28 dollars. I just opened it and it is amazing exactly what I was hoping it would be !!!! Looks very realistic and big, the size of an actual Raven! Could not be happier !

Very impressed with this raven wall hanging. Great detail and coloring. Has two holes for hanging but I think I will offset the screws some as I think he looks better not quite so straight up-and-down. Bought him for halloween but would look nice all year round too.

If rendered with a little care this could be outstanding. I just got to this thing today, having received it last week and given it a cursory look-see without my glasses on, in low light. First impression--cool! Anyway, I went to hang this thing over an expensive medieval-styled mirror tonight, and with work lights in place and my glasses on, I could see at once that the end of the raven's beak had not been carved, or shaped, or whatever they do. The bird's beak ends in an ugly, bulbous plastic tumor. Nice. For heaven's sake, they shipped this thing out like that?! I've quickly learned that you can expect wide variability in quality-control (and that's being kind) from anything made in China, because they'll happily ship you absolutely any old thing! Conversely, the Chinese are well capable of making high quality items with nice workmanship, provided they are motivated to do so. Last summer, I exchanged five expensive Chinese-made telescopes before finally switching models from the same manufacturer, to ultimately receive an acceptable sample. In fact, the last one delivered was ostensibly flawless both optically and cosmetically. Oh, they can do it if they want to! I'll update this review, provided they ship an acceptable rendition of this otherwise very cool wall-mounted figure. As I say, it has the potential of being an outstanding piece, and I'll go to the OEM to get a good one if I have to (my wife likes it). By the bye, this is not a heavy piece, and it is simple to hang if you have any savvy with these things. I'll explain how to do this quickly and easily, if they eventually ship me a good one. If this is to be a gift, order early and inspect it immediately in a well-lit room before accepting it. Good luck! UPDATE: Well, as usual the folks at Amazon had a new "Raven" delivered to me within two days of my asking (everything in life should work so well as Amazon.com!). The replacement Raven has a beak like the one shown on the webpage (so far so good). But the paintwork on the branch and other parts of the bird was better on the first one... Happily, my wife is an accomplished artist with all manner of paints, and has the skills necessary to not only touch this up, but to make it better than stock, so this one is a keeper! I'm bumping it up to four stars, because at this price-point, I've found no competition for it, and it really is very cool! This is a 3/4 wall sculpture, designed along the lines of a "frieze" that morphs flat into the wall. This one is done so that it's best presented on a right-hand wall, to be viewed obliquely from the front and side, since the left rear quarter sort of disappears into the wall. My method for hanging things like this is to insert plastic wall anchors into the hanger holes at the back of the sculpture, making sure they're perfectly perpendicular to the back of the sculpture (tape them into place if you have to), and putting a drop of liquid soap on the outside ends of the plastic anchors. After deciding exactly where I want the sculpture, and how I want it orientated, I gently press the whole thing against the wall without twisting or dragging it in the slightest, leaving two round spots where the liquid soap marked the wall. I then center a nail or screw in each soap dot, and start a hole. In my case, I was able to drill a pilot hole in each "soap dot" using a drill bit just slightly smaller than the mounting screw. I then carefully turned a screw into both holes, straight into the plaster with a power screw driver, leaving about 1/8" of each screw sticking out. I then carefully aligned the hangers with the screw, taking care not to scratch the wall, and the screws slid right into the hanger holes on the first attempt. Note: You may want to paint or color the hanging hardware "black" before mounting the raven, as the bright silver hardware will show up between the wall and the sculpture. I used a permanent black magic marker for this, and since the hardware's in shadow, you don't even see it now. In this case, I only used the plastic anchors to mark the wall, and did not use them to mount the sculpture (in this location, I am confident that it will hold with just the screws). RayB

Love them. Haven't put them up, but they are beautiful.

Der Design Toscano Rabe schaut klasse aus, hat ein gutes Gewicht und ist sehr filigran gearbeitet, ein Hingucker schlechthin! Ich bin total begeistert und dieser hat sofort seinen Platz gefunden! Ein echter Blickfang!

Very nicely designed and executed raven. Life sized raven looks fantastic outside, or inside. Quite realistic and nicely finished and detailed, almost makes you want to leave food out for it. Takes 2 screws to mount (included) and mounts securely to the wall. A great addition to your home decor, guaranteed to get plenty of comments.

I absolutely love this Raven. It is so unusual in that it is a wall mounted figure, and the detail is brilliant. Each individual feather is detailed as are the talons and it is quite a large size so looks impressive on my bedroom wall. It looks great in daylight and amazing in a dimmed light or candle light. This would really suit a gothic setting, but also suits my room which has a British wildlife theme. It was easy to put up with two holes at the back, slightly off set, and included are the fittings (2 screws and 2 plugs). I drilled level holes though (obviously at the same distance apart!) so I could have it leaning more which looks perfect. I can't believe it was such a cheap price and only hope they make another one facing the opposite way! This will be such a talking point in any home and is certainly one of my favourite buys for some time.

Excelente calidad, buen tamaño, excelente precio, luce hermoso!!

Just as described. Awesome Quality! So beautiful! Do recommend this company!