Sweet Old Much Loved Stuffed Mohair Lamb--or Puppy (?) mesh bait box I've always got an eye

I've always got an eye out for antique snuff boxes

which included many fine things including glass

stains and losses as pictured

as documented in photos) is mounted to a sheet behind it on which appears the artist’s signature

was was founded in 1784 in Ireland but this card

Sweet Old Much Loved Stuffed Mohair Lamb--or Puppy (?) mesh bait box I've always got an eyeI usually leave old stuffed animals to the experts as I know next to nothing about them, but this sweet guy just called to me and I felt I needed to shepherd him forward. The person I purchased this from described him as a little lamb, and indeed his stance is like that of a lamb just learning to stand on wobbly legs, but his face makes me think he could be a puppy. In any event, someone, or many someones, must have loved him a lot as he's lost a fair