Hand-painted Treen Easter Egg, 1891, with Painter's Palette on Reverse green bowl Frances and Joseph Cross

Frances and Joseph Cross

and certainly it bears a strong resemblance to the iconic folk art lion of John Bell (1800–1880) from the Shenandoah Valley

Teppich produced a series of 24 figurines in total

beautiful studio) in Worcester

it makes me wonder whether it wasn't the original drawing for a Punch magazine cartoon

Hand-painted Treen Easter Egg, 1891, with Painter's Palette on Reverse green bowl Frances and Joseph CrossNot in perfect shape, but I just cant resist things like thisall that effort someone put into painting it, including pretty fabulous painters palette with brushes on the flip side. The interior of the egg was painted too, a lemony cream, and Id guess it was delivered as an Easter gift with some added treat inside. There are a couple of hairline cracks on the the palette side that run all the way through the wood and which look to have been carefully