Danse Macabre Antique French Hand-drawn Postcard birch bark Can't argue with a thing

Can't argue with a thing about it--pretty perfect

I think there is almost nothing more beautiful than old wooden tool handles

At nearly a foot tall and quite heavy

The bottom of the piece is signed "Lorenzens Lantz Nova Scotia

I don't have his original box to date him exactly

Danse Macabre Antique French Hand-drawn Postcard birch bark Can't argue with a thingI think the self referential pen and ink drawing on this antique French postcard is pretty fabulous, with its maker portraying himself legs up inside of the ink bottle, driven there by an army of dancing, smiling ink pens on the attack. At the center, tucked under the ink bottle, is a postcard within the postcard, locating him in Grenoble and describing the scene to his dear niece as a Danse Macabre. As a perfect final touch, he has drawn a caricature