Be Kind to the Cow Mother Antique Punch Paper Embroidery, Framed puzzsle 8 1/4" t x 5

8 1/4" t x 5 3/16" in diameter

The painting I'd think dates sometime between the 1910s and early 1940s

the "Broomfield" scrawled at the bottom of each sketch I believe refers to the location of the drawing--a hamlet in Wiltshire

handmade and handpainted with 24k gold accents

Be Kind to the Cow Mother Antique Punch Paper Embroidery, Framed puzzsle 8 1/4" t x 5Be Kind To The Cow Mother The ambiguity and multiple possible readings of this old punch paper embroidery makes it is one of my favorite finds ever so wonderfully curious! Are we to be kind to the the mother cow? Or was its maker pleading to her mother to be kind to the cow?! Or, was it "Mother" who made this and decided to sign it as such? I tend to lean toward the first reading, thus loving the specificity of it being not just the cow but the cow