Kid Made Crayon & Watercolor Drawing with Branches and Butterfly by Laura Smiley boxers and as if it might

and as if it might be ancient

I fell in love immediately with the illustrations on these old Villeroy & Boch enamelware dishes--and then realized they portray three characters from the famous French Guignol puppet theatre

3 1/4" tall

I have found a number of lovely cast silver polar bears online of about the same size and to which it bears a close resemblance

The top bar could be replaced if desired by carefully opening the seam on the backside

Kid Made Crayon & Watercolor Drawing with Branches and Butterfly by Laura Smiley boxers and as if it mightI found this drawing painting at the estate sale of the late NYC Wellesley, MA artist Lois Gross Smiley, and am pretty certain it was made by her daughter, Laura, when she was a kid. (She initiated it LS at the upper right, and perhaps it was her teacher who wrote Laura at bottom left.) In any case, it reminds me of the wonders of wax resist, achieved here with crayon, painted over with what I think is watercolor, in this terrific green. I just love