Fantastic Folk Art Lion with Moveable Legs, Long Tail and Bared Teeth! Childs game but I have not been

but I have not been able to figure out anything at all about it

probably late 19th/early 20th century

Images were published from original drawings using a zincography

and carved from one piece of wood

and equipment

Fantastic Folk Art Lion with Moveable Legs, Long Tail and Bared Teeth! Childs game but I have not beenThis lion was clearly made by someone special, and maybe for someone special too, and I sure love them for it. The shapes and positioning of the jointed legs make for a luxuriously long lion stride, and then this marvelous mane, done as an additional later and painted with blue and orange dabs, with little cutout ears layered on top of that, attached by nails. Plus great big carved white teeth against blood red lips, and a long stiff rope tail,