Scarce Grenfell Mission Wooden Handle Clutch with Needlepoint Dog and Figure in Green Parka stereograph cards which looks likely to be

which looks likely to be adhered to board and is not behind glass in the frame

and with a nice warm patina (I have not touched it)

orange glass eyes

I love an image that feels like it should give rise to a novel

I just think it's a terrific object

Scarce Grenfell Mission Wooden Handle Clutch with Needlepoint Dog and Figure in Green Parka stereograph cards which looks likely to beI'm a huge fan of most everything produced by Grenfell Mission Industries, but had never come across one of these wooden handled clutch purses with needlepoint before. As evident, there is some fading and loss to the the embroidery, which depicts a figure in green parka, blue pants and black boots on a green sled pulled by a brown dog iconic Grenfell Mission imagery but I'm quite charmed by it still. Grenfell Mission was a social and medical mission