Lamb and Bird and Shooting Arrow: Early 19th C. Embroidery on Laid Paper silver cat pin Smoke decorating

Smoke decorating

Frame on backside is 6 3/4” x 4 3/4”

perhaps forced by a parent nearby who has informed the artist of their child's acting aspirations

The cover is fragile and the back cover is missing

I would probably have a new matte cut if framing

Lamb and Bird and Shooting Arrow: Early 19th C. Embroidery on Laid Paper silver cat pin Smoke decoratingSmall, but so charming, and quite an early one I believe, c. early 19th c., silk embroidery on laid, I think European. (If it doesn't sell quickly I'll find an old frame for it and keep it for myself!) Surely it was made as a love token of sorts, with an arrow descending from one of the clouds, and what looks to me like a flaming heart (albeit also rather like a radish or turnip!) nestled in to the left of the tree. With little lamb, colorful bird on