Wonderful Button Woman Silhouette Mounted in Card vintage puzzle Other versions of the award

Other versions of the award have been designed since

" meant to serve as a cornerstone of sorts

they are of the same width

including for the out of order alphabet

Oil on board

Wonderful Button Woman Silhouette Mounted in Card vintage puzzle Other versions of the awardA 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