Annette's 1875 Cut Paper Fortune Teller with German Fraktur Lettering bunny head Some scattered light stains

Some scattered light stains

this a very lovely paint decorated antique bench

stained a rich dark brown

There are some scattered minor losses to the surface of the frame

The ink is very dark and crisp

Annette's 1875 Cut Paper Fortune Teller with German Fraktur Lettering bunny head Some scattered light stainsAs you surely know by now, I'm forever drawn to 19th century cut paper love tokens and the like, and very much to beautifully inked calligraphic lettering too so of course I jumped on this one. One sees decorated paper rounds like this made like snowflakes, by folding then cutting usually described as valentines, and the best of them decorated with hand written poetic verses, or watercolored flowers, etc. but this is the first I've seen with German