Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" Lapid Pottery pencil and crayon/colored pencil on

pencil and crayon/colored pencil on faintly lined paper

I'm a sucker for paper cutouts of all sorts

Closed it measures 4 1/2" w x 6 3/4" t x 3/4" deep

In addition to the missing stitches and pin holes

and what a team they make sawing this real little log

Surreal Looking Hand-painted and Faded 1900 Stereoview, "The Courtesy" Lapid Pottery pencil and crayon/colored pencil onThe caption here tells us its a Colonial era parlor scene, and it seems clear that the woman at the center of the image (with an insane looking bright red smile) is giving a curtsy (a courtesy), but the way in which the photographic image has faded while the painting over top has remained turns the whole thing quite surreal. (Which one might say this sort social ceremony was is to begin with!) There is also a woman in white in the background who keeps