Unusual Hand-painted Old Wooden Pop-Out Wall Holder with Figure, Bridge, Mountains little animals but didn't know much more

but didn't know much more than that

which has softened the color

15 5/8" wide x 10 5/8" tall x 2 15/16" thick

I think Chas must have be a pretty privileged child to have such a fine slate

enabling him to stand tall

Unusual Hand-painted Old Wooden Pop-Out Wall Holder with Figure, Bridge, Mountains little animals but didn't know much moreI've never seen another little wall shelf holder like this one, which I find a pretty ingenious as well as evocative thing, perhaps meant to hold letters and it does look as if our rather lonely looking figure could use the lift of a handwritten letter from a friend! I really love how when popped out the space in between feels as if a gap between two places, as if the figure were far away from mountainous landscape in the distance, with the white