Bliss Manufacturing Co. Litho Animals on Wood Bases wet paint lamp caskets etc

lamp caskets etc

with the sullen subject reluctantly sitting for the portrait

but with their own distinct sensibility

I love him just sitting around among a collection of other brass boxes

Bliss Manufacturing Co. Litho Animals on Wood Bases wet paint lamp caskets etcI'm pretty certain this gang of seven was once part of a larger animal fleet produced by R. Bliss Manufacturing Company (Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 1832 1935), which came along with a wonderful Noah's Arc. Very late 19th or early 20th century, I believe, they're still in very good shape, litho on die cut cardboard (printed on both sides) and mounted on wooden bases. I think I'd just march them along the front of a shelf to make myself happy! Set of