Mysterious and Very Wonderful Small Metal Cutouts, Presumed 19th Century French (Copy) gray scale watercolor which one imagines was used

which one imagines was used to hide things secret or precious

I think the prowling posture is 100% perfect cat

I believe these are meant to construct "City Hall"

"Horse measure 2 5/8" l

Name signed in ink on the underside

Mysterious and Very Wonderful Small Metal Cutouts, Presumed 19th Century French (Copy) gray scale watercolor which one imagines was usedThese are completely wonderful, but I do not know their original purpose. Perhaps they were votive offerings? I found an image of a pair of French embroidery scissors c. 1850s with one handle very similar in silhouette to the man here, down to his extended hand. And of course the dainty crossed feet of the marvelously silhouetted woman remind me very much of antique machinist made ladies legs calipers. They all feel a bit as if miniature templates for