Carved Orange Folk Art Lion with Bared Teeth arms Maine on the underside of

Maine on the underside of the base

A pretty good

I can't find an exact match of this one out there--a variety of tin toy horses leading carts and sulkies and wagons were produced by different makers in the later 19th century

no cracks or chips or other issues

and quite lovely

Carved Orange Folk Art Lion with Bared Teeth arms Maine on the underside ofThere is quite a rich and diverse history of Pennsylvania folk art lions, the 19th century redware pottery lions of John Bell perhaps most famous of all, but many wonderful interactions, including some marvelous fraktur watercolor versions. I found this small carved and painted wooden lion at a favorite shop in Lancaster Country and presume it's of Pennsylvania too, while channeling a little bit of the Chinese foo dog and a definitely with strong