Hand-drawn Antique British Postcard, "Yes Madam Both Chairs Are Comfortable" cute flask and the scale allowed the

and the scale allowed the carver to pack in a lot of detail

from the woman gathering laundry off the line

feels great in the hand

I am not super confident about identifying trench art--objects made by soldiers or civilians during wartime

as I have found a few other pieces--cabinets mostly--with very very similar marquetry patterning

Hand-drawn Antique British Postcard, "Yes Madam Both Chairs Are Comfortable" cute flask and the scale allowed theReally a wonderful ink drawing on this antique postcard, made even better by the caption "Walker: Yes Madam both chairs are comfortable" which shifts attention toward the two decidedly uncomfortable looking little chairs at her left! I'd love to know the backstory, but one of the reasons I love these old postcards so much is for their elusiveness 100+ years later. And the rendering of the figures on this one, perhaps especially the little woman behind