Scarce Grenfell Mission Wooden Handle Clutch with Needlepoint Dog and Figure in Green Parka stereograph cards orange glass eyes

orange glass eyes

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

5 1/4" x 3 1/2"

I wasn't sure who this guy was but a friend just pointed out that he's surely a jockey

Scarce Grenfell Mission Wooden Handle Clutch with Needlepoint Dog and Figure in Green Parka stereograph cards orange glass eyesI'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