Relief-carved Heavy Wooden Folk Art Virgo Wall Plaque donkey party This is one of a

This is one of a handful of to my eye completely charming miniature drawings I purchased together

What a lovely and elegant duck

The fact that they were produced as postcards suggests they were made to be sent

with just a very small amount of loosening/loss of the embroidery in a couple of spots (as documented in photos)

and though it's certainly lost a few

Relief-carved Heavy Wooden Folk Art Virgo Wall Plaque donkey party This is one of aFor the Virgos out there (or the virgin maidens!) or just for someone like me who loves a folky nude. I purchased this from a seller in England, and believe it is carved of oak, stained and varnished. Virgo is associated with Astraea in Greek mythology the last immortal to abandon Earth when the gods fled to Olympus, hence the sign's association with Earth. The carved "egg and dart" border seems a knowing nod to the ancient Greeks as well, who used it