Betty's Checkerboard Cat on Wood Panel metal dino both from the same estate

both from the same estate

S during the late 19th and early 20th century

with black painted shoes that just peek out below the belly of the mule (I assume) on the reverse side

The box is stamped "Handmade in Portugal as well as with a bow and arrow mark and the word "Medieval

with great deeply carved decorative details for the brim as well as the top of the hat

Betty's Checkerboard Cat on Wood Panel metal dino both from the same estateI really wish I had other works by the Betty Groose (or similar), who made this in Miss Adams' classroom, grade school I would guess. It's almost as if she was anticipating the digital age, dividing the cat into pixels, though seems more likely she might first have taken a stab at it using graph paper, and then recreated it free hand much better with the squares getting a little wonky here and there. Just great. 9 13 16" w x 7" t x 1 4" d. Crayon on