Antique Folk Art Oval Frame with Much Flourish! lotto game which itself bore the influence

which itself bore the influence of Staffordshire and Rockingham lions from the mid-18th c

)) is still firmly in place

(There is a lot of information about the form and symbolism of various Bhadramanadala at the freelibrary

On the backside is paper stamp dated 1916

with a repaired foot that makes one leg a bit longer than the other so that he stands a bit lopsided—all the more lovable for it I think

Antique Folk Art Oval Frame with Much Flourish! lotto game which itself bore the influenceA Pennsylvania German tramp art frame, I presume, feeling to me to nod a bit to Black Forest or at least those corner flourishes make me think of Black Forest cuckoo clocks, and the carved disks at the corners of hex stars, too. Very much the right frame for a portrait of one's mother or grandmother or most beloved and feeling as if ready to carry them to Heaven, if they're not there already! 10 3 8" t x 8 1 2" w. Frame sight: 3 1 4" x 2". Excellent