19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Girl and Deer, Flowers collectible matchbox holder Made from what was ready

Made from what was ready at hand

oriented in the other direction

Polychrome over carved wood

3 1/8"in diameter x 1 7/8" t

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19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Girl and Deer, Flowers collectible matchbox holder Made from what was readyThis is one of a handful of drawings I'm listing by the same (surely quite young) maker, found together in an old notebook already partially disassembled so I went ahead and separated them all. I'd guess 1860s or 70s or so, and all quite wonderful, with the people and animals especially soulful this girl and deer a perfect case in point! but the flowers on reverse really quite full of life too! Crayon was used fairly sparingly in these, making the