Hand-painted Treen Easter Egg, 1891, with Painter's Palette on Reverse small cup and if one looks closely

and if one looks closely a tiny nest perched on one of the branches

Hand built of earthenware/terra cotta

And it still works great--pull down on the loop between his legs and the arms and knees raise high

and a little cracking (perhaps a repair

though I believe one of those two bandages is present

Hand-painted Treen Easter Egg, 1891, with Painter's Palette on Reverse small cup and if one looks closelyNot in perfect shape, but I just cant resist things like thisall that effort someone put into painting it, including pretty fabulous painters palette with brushes on the flip side. The interior of the egg was painted too, a lemony cream, and Id guess it was delivered as an Easter gift with some added treat inside. There are a couple of hairline cracks on the the palette side that run all the way through the wood and which look to have been carefully