Ninety and Nine, Late 19th Century Punch Paper Embroidery with Lost Lamb, Original Frame Weller pottery frog planter with what looks to me

with what looks to me like dark grain painting underneath

this is a very special thing

really great looking

I've had a few Catherineholm bowls and can never get good photos of them--the reflective enameled surface softens the edges and makes them just sort of glow

nicely carved and wonderfully painted

Ninety and Nine, Late 19th Century Punch Paper Embroidery with Lost Lamb, Original Frame Weller pottery frog planter with what looks to meIt strikes me that framed punch paper embroideries were the sort of precursor to printed plaques one sees now in home stores declaring things like "it's Good to Be Home" or "God Bless this Mess." And indeed the antique punch paper embroidery one most commonly sees declares "God Bless Our Home." I'd not seen this "Ninety and Nine" before, though, and of course am a sucker for a lost little lamb! The Ninety and Nine refers to the "Parable of the Lost