Hand-carved Wooden Magnifying Glass boy in blue shirt it is a bit hard

it is a bit hard to read the postmarks on this old postcard

while the bottom half features a much wider band of birch bark

complete set in their original latched wooden box with gold decoration including laurel wreath at center (to inspire one to win

The polychrome color on this one has similarly faded with age

"Au Secours

Hand-carved Wooden Magnifying Glass boy in blue shirt it is a bit hardThis is not an antique, but it certainly has some age to it, and I really like the fairly rustic approach to what I typically think of as a pretty refined object. Plus the perfectly round raised ring around the glass and perfectly flat handle, which makes me think a bit of a popsicle or lollipop on a stick, and also of shaker bevelled glass hand mirrors. A fun object, great for all sorts of displays and who can ever have too many magnifiers laying