LION with Huge Red Lipped Smile, Marvelous Large Pastel on Paper Folk Drawing, Framed as Found wooden and iron spokeshave and I have since found

and I have since found a couple of other examples of this specific apothecary case out there--one at Bonham's

Girl measures 7 7/16" t x 3 3/4" w x 2 1/4" d

who appears to be smiling

Sealed tight

but I might guess that they were and that they date to about the same time

LION with Huge Red Lipped Smile, Marvelous Large Pastel on Paper Folk Drawing, Framed as Found wooden and iron spokeshave and I have since foundI wish I knew everything about this one but I don't. I know it lived in a New England collection for many years, the same collection as the 1817 Lady Justice watercolor listed today; I purchased both from relatives, and know this lion was the owner's favorite. No wonder! It feels to me more more like a work of a self taught artist than a child, and a bit more "outsider" than "folk" a visionary version of a lion, though very much in conversation with a