Marvelous Painted Papier Mache Circus Lion tiny shoe form and the little hand-painted windows

and the little hand-painted windows on the sides

It feels very Zen to me--a completely harmonious balance of form

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

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

Marvelous Painted Papier Mache Circus Lion tiny shoe form and the little hand-painted windowsQuite 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