19th C. Sandpaper Theorem Peaches on Card antique wooden doorstop and like them all the

and like them all the more for the fact that two are addressed to a miss named Ambrosia

What sort of creature I am not sure and have not found another quote like it

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It is also exactly as tall as it is wide

Opening it at the center reveals an empty interior

19th C. Sandpaper Theorem Peaches on Card antique wooden doorstop and like them all theA voluptuous trio of peaches, rendered with the use of stencils, theorem style, but it seems to me perhaps with marble dust incoporated, as there is that sort of sandpaper texture to the drawing painting. Which makes it rather unusual, and a bit elusive too I am not entirely certain whether done in pastels with some sort of fixative over them or finely spatter painted. 19th c. for sure, whatever the case, and quite lovely. 7 1 2 x 5 1 2" with cut to