Wonderful Antique Cut Paper Rooster and Hen with Watercolor and Graphite Details antique 12 inch ruler with just very minor loss

with just very minor loss to the paint

apparently unused condition

and a whitish spot near the top pull

" meant to serve as a cornerstone of sorts

including examples of elaborate Spencerian drawings of lions and eagles and Diana riding a stag--which clearly spurred larger versions of the same

Wonderful Antique Cut Paper Rooster and Hen with Watercolor and Graphite Details antique 12 inch ruler with just very minor lossA total delight to find this pair, the likes of which I have not seen, but the tails of which remind me a bit of old cardboard quilting templates. One is a rooster, the other a hen, and so a pair of barnyard lovebirds! Double sided, with watercolored combs and wattles and claws, and graphite drawn eyes and beaks. Most definitely frame worth. Measured on the square: Rooster: 5 1 8" l x 4" t. Hen: 4" x 4". Sold as a pair. Small loss to the front claw of