Wonderful Button Woman Silhouette Mounted in Card vintage puzzle Oil on board

Oil on board

5" tall x 2 3/4" diameter at widest

" meant to serve as a cornerstone of sorts

Hook at top for hanging

they are of the same width

Wonderful Button Woman Silhouette Mounted in Card vintage puzzle Oil on boardA relatively simple thing, but to my eye an incredibly satisfying one, all the better for the aging to the card on which the cut silhouette is mounted, amplifying its great sense of presence. Hand written at the top of the card is what looks to read Calicas, and again on reverse, but there looking more like Calias, so who knows? In any case, I'd guess a school girl creation dating to the early 20th century or so. I especially love the blue rimmed