Marvelous Painted Papier Mache Circus Lion tiny shoe form Most are marked with hand-written

Most are marked with hand-written point values on one side

with the horsehair woven through what seems likely to be linen cloth (visible just above the scalloped edge of the pink cloth)

15" x 12 3/8"

which along with much else includes a story about temperance organizations and a poem titled "Disobedience

Marvelous Painted Papier Mache Circus Lion tiny shoe form Most are marked with hand-writtenQuite a wonderfully done painted papier mache bust of a lion I'd say rendered as if erupting in a roar through the roof of the big top itself! There is a signature, or part of one on the base that I can't quite decipher, but the whoever the maker they certainly knew what they were doing, imparting this lion with huge personality though deft sculpting and painted details, right down to those bared fangs. Great. 4 13 16"" x 3 7 8" x 3". Excellent