Stripes Obscuring Letters, Antique Cutout Watercolor Zebra on Penmanship Practice Scrap spirals perhaps right next to the

perhaps right next to the binoculars

with what appears to be general darkening of the neutral colored thread except in one spot

And with the gradated application of the watercolor lending this wonderful softness to the whole thing

could certainly be used as dramatic toppers on things

There is some browning of the glaze at the very center of the interior of the bowl and around the rim

Stripes Obscuring Letters, Antique Cutout Watercolor Zebra on Penmanship Practice Scrap spirals perhaps right next to theI've had some other old animals cut from scrap paper of this sort, but none so large or with watercolored stripes! Quite a charmer of a zebra I think, who also looks a lot like a donkey, and with penmanship practice repeated letters showing through the stripes and also covering the reverse side. 9" l x 7 1 2" t. Watercolor on card weight paper. Very good condition, c. 1900 I believe, found in Pennsylvania.