Lion with Key, Figures, Alphabet and More, c. Early 19th Century Needlepoint Sampler Worked From All Sides carved wooden puppet Please select how many you

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But I really loved (love) the worn/faded pink color on this one

after a   long day's work in February of 1935

and all those teeth appear to be firmly in place

It seems possible this was cut down from a large one

Lion with Key, Figures, Alphabet and More, c. Early 19th Century Needlepoint Sampler Worked From All Sides carved wooden puppet Please select how many youI am more or less certain this is European, early 19th century or so I believe. I love the lion, of course, with wonderfully winding and branching tail, and also really like it for having been worked in the round from all sides, which I've rarely seen. With what appears to me a family of four figures facing the inverse direction (maybe a pet, too?), and a couple of flowering trees around the corner from them. The alphabet marches around in the same