19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Girl and Deer, Flowers collectible matchbox holder oriented in the other direction

oriented in the other direction

his year of death matching the date carved into this)

It is hard to capture in photos

it's also just a great looking object--this one with boxed end stained green

3 1/8"in diameter x 1 7/8" t

19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Girl and Deer, Flowers collectible matchbox holder oriented in the other directionThis is one of a handful of drawings I'm listing by the same (surely quite young) maker, found together in an old notebook already partially disassembled so I went ahead and separated them all. I'd guess 1860s or 70s or so, and all quite wonderful, with the people and animals especially soulful this girl and deer a perfect case in point! but the flowers on reverse really quite full of life too! Crayon was used fairly sparingly in these, making the