Very Endearing Early Staffordshire Little Lamb eagle on branch earlyish 19th c

earlyish 19th c

There are a series of X's carved lightly into the exterior near the top on one side

Rice (1930-2004)--much more about him below--as part of his Cross Garden just outside Prattville

and "I feel so homesick

I'd really love to keep the sketchbook in tact rather than break it up

Very Endearing Early Staffordshire Little Lamb eagle on branch earlyish 19th cI've left this little Staffordshire lamb with its full patina on it; a soak might whiten it up some, but part of why I love it so much is that it looks it has lived quite a life, which certainly it has, dating to the 1840s or so. Wonderfully textural treatment of the wool, and wonderful little hand painted face, making this lamb look a a bit forlorn as it lounges on its little island, with a band of gold paint around the bottom perimeter. Very