Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. little cups and perhaps even another drawing

and perhaps even another drawing

Horny toads are believed to bring good luck

MA along with several other beautiful Burmese boxes

and the chip carved detailing around the edges

and a few of the tails too

Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. little cups and perhaps even another drawingOne of my favorite Brimfield finds, this is a very old, wonderfully done embroidery, I believe most likely English and dating to the 1700s, though perhaps even earlier. Most embroideries of that period depicted religious subject matter, and surely it is Daniel in the lion's den here clearly, with happily lounging lion to either side of him, safe from harm. Though certainly the colors on this were once brighter, greens and blues and the red of one's