Old Carved Beauty a la Venus de Milo laurel while the box is very

while the box is very worn and taped together a bit on the sides

1 7/8” l x 1” w x 2 1/4” t

but don't know for sure--but I'd love to think all of the invitations that went out were hand-drawn postcards like this one

on both ends in most cases

When I found this I had to question whether it might be a print as the detail is quite amazing

Old Carved Beauty a la Venus de Milo laurel while the box is veryPure love for this one, who seems likely to have been carved to inspire lust as well! Surely she was carved after the Venus de Milo, with a socket for one on one side and a smooth stub on the other, though she is missing a drape over her lower half! (There are two holes in her backside, suggesting perhaps she once had one, or was mounted to something, I'm not certain.) The manner in which her exposed legs terminate in points only enhances her grace,