Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. little cups mostly boxes of various sorts)

mostly boxes of various sorts) out there which I don't find very interesting

The earrings are in very good used condition

10” tall

Horny toads are believed to bring good luck

Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. little cups mostly boxes of various sorts)One of my favorite Brimfield finds, this is a very old, wonderfully done embroidery, I believe most likely English and dating to the 1700s, though perhaps even earlier. Most embroideries of that period depicted religious subject matter, and surely it is Daniel in the lion's den here clearly, with happily lounging lion to either side of him, safe from harm. Though certainly the colors on this were once brighter, greens and blues and the red of one's