Wonderful Button Woman Silhouette Mounted in Card old wooden toy boat I have done a fair

I have done a fair amount of research

commissioned and built in the United States during World War I

and not a notable crack or chip that I can see

no chips or cracks or other structural issues

The brush measures 11 3/8" long x 2 1/2" in diameter

Wonderful Button Woman Silhouette Mounted in Card old wooden toy boat I have done a fairA relatively simple thing, but to my eye an incredibly satisfying one, all the better for the aging to the card on which the cut silhouette is mounted, amplifying its great sense of presence. Hand written at the top of the card is what looks to read Calicas, and again on reverse, but there looking more like Calias, so who knows? In any case, I'd guess a school girl creation dating to the early 20th century or so. I especially love the blue rimmed