Lion with Key, Figures, Alphabet and More, c. Early 19th Century Needlepoint Sampler Worked From All Sides carved wooden puppet with a dark GRAY (I

with a dark GRAY (I know it looks black in first photos but details give a better sense)

Mounted on cardboard

and I believe complete

It seems possible this was cut down from a large one

I can find no likeness of this one out there anywhere--beautifully executed in this blue against white with a border I'd describe as berries on branch but looking a bit weeping willow-esque too

Lion with Key, Figures, Alphabet and More, c. Early 19th Century Needlepoint Sampler Worked From All Sides carved wooden puppet with a dark GRAY (II 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