Sweet, Much Loved Old Straw Stuffed Hand-sewn Linen Dog with Button Eyes signed miniature portrait of a nice scale

of a nice scale

which is as carefully painted as her front

making me think this was likely a gift from her husband

as (earlier than this one) fragment mirrors certainly were

Sweet, Much Loved Old Straw Stuffed Hand-sewn Linen Dog with Button Eyes signed miniature portrait of a nice scaleOf course I had to adopt this sweet thing. He's a bit threadbare around one black button eye, making him all the more empathetic. Hand sewn of linen, stuffed with straw, late 19th very early 20th century I believe. Despite all the years on him, he remains an eager puppy, ever hopeful to be loved! 6 3 4" l x 5 1 2" t. General wear and aging, threadbare patch around one eye, a lighter toned band around his middle where there must once have been a