Black and White Cut Paper Silhouettes of Young Woman in Antique Pocket Frame pair of carved penguins Sturdy and stable and could

Sturdy and stable and could be propped or hung on the wall

calling up images of a well-suited man who might have worn it

The message on the back of the postcard

with a citation in the Hardware Dealers Magazine in 1913 noting that price cards like these (sold via catalogue as well as at the store) were Manson's speciality

and which has a fantastic presence and gravitas that I think far exceeds its small size

Black and White Cut Paper Silhouettes of Young Woman in Antique Pocket Frame pair of carved penguins Sturdy and stable and couldI 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