Menagerie of Tiny Animals! Very Charming Earlier 19th Century Mounted Watercolors in Period Gilded Frame painted wooden animal and has many good years

and has many good years of play in yet

but this sweet guy just called to me and I felt I needed to shepherd him forward

but structurally its all in great shape and really a cool little thing

quite a smart design

Menagerie of Tiny Animals! Very Charming Earlier 19th Century Mounted Watercolors in Period Gilded Frame painted wooden animal and has many good yearsCompletely charming. I purchased this (these!) from a favorite dealer in my neck of the woods, from whom I have bought many wonderful and wonderfully tender things. I might guess these little hand drawn watercolor animals each standing on a small batch of green but for the ostrich, who got a bit of black were originally made to be stood up and moved around, like antique handmade paper toy soldiers that I've had a handful of, with folded paper tabs