Skirts Hiked, Backs Turned, Wading, Antique Real Photo Postcard antique gate weight with one surface hairline crack

with one surface hairline crack across the face of the top flower--minor and stable

3 3/16" t x 1 1/8" w

Part of what I love most about this whimsy

I clearly have a weakness for antique stencils bearing texts that make them interesting as signs of sorts now

bright jade green on the exterior

Skirts Hiked, Backs Turned, Wading, Antique Real Photo Postcard antique gate weight with one surface hairline crackI just love these ladies, in their own world together, backs turned and skirts hiked as they wade out, perhaps scavenging sea shells, or sea moss! I always like a real photo postcard with a white void beside the image too bringing us back to the making of the image, and amplifying a dynamic of presence and absence. 5 1 2" x 3 1 2", unused postcard back. Good antique condition, minor smudges on the blank half, very early 20th century.