19th C. Sandpaper Theorem Peaches on Card antique wooden doorstop but stable and I might

but stable and I might argue all the better for the wear

though certainly would be useful for all sorts of detail oriented tasks

I believe likely made as a pipe tamper

and like them all the more for the fact that two are addressed to a miss named Ambrosia

which I have not rinsed out

19th C. Sandpaper Theorem Peaches on Card antique wooden doorstop but stable and I mightA voluptuous trio of peaches, rendered with the use of stencils, theorem style, but it seems to me perhaps with marble dust incoporated, as there is that sort of sandpaper texture to the drawing painting. Which makes it rather unusual, and a bit elusive too I am not entirely certain whether done in pastels with some sort of fixative over them or finely spatter painted. 19th c. for sure, whatever the case, and quite lovely. 7 1 2 x 5 1 2" with cut to