Black and White Cut Paper Silhouettes of Young Woman in Antique Pocket Frame porcelain teapot Still looks bright and crisp

Still looks bright and crisp

The orange geometric design and black scalloped lines are slightly more thickly painted

Based on other tramp art boxes in this sort of style that I've seen

I'm not sure his age

that he represents some sort of ogre

Black and White Cut Paper Silhouettes of Young Woman in Antique Pocket Frame porcelain teapot Still looks bright and crispI don't know a lot about cut paper silhouettes, but I do believe these are likely not too much older than the pocket frame, which based on some research I believe dates to the 1860s or so. The relative simplicity of the silhouettes makes me think that it might have been done by a schoolgirl or the young woman herself rather than a silhouette artist, who might have included greater detail. And curious, at least to me, that there be a positive and