Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. black and white bat like a little window to

like a little window to the larger landscape on the other side

most frequently including sales of hats and bonnets of various sorts (I believe he was a hatmaker)

a British periodical  featuring short fiction and general interest articles

Case measures 3 3/8" in diameter x 7/8" deep

And of course if you are lucky enough to have a chicken coop

Daniel in the Lion's Den, Fine Antique European Embroidery, 17th-18th c. black and white bat like a little window toOne 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