Elastic Ariel and Monsieur Mercury, c.1840s Hand-colored Engraving handmade wooden signb 10" tall x 4 1/2"

10" tall x 4 1/2" x 3"

and they make great paperweights

8 full-color plates and 8 black and white

and our girl is poised and ready to smack it and set it aloft again

3 13/16 x 3 3/4 and in good condition

Elastic Ariel and Monsieur Mercury, c.1840s Hand-colored Engraving handmade wooden signb 10" tall x 4 1/2"A small thing, which was clearly extracted from a 19th century scrapbook, but which I find just wonderful. I believe the questions along the bottom are riddles, and would guess the answers begin with the letters "T" and "U," printed at upper right which would also imply that there was once a whole alphabet's worth. Terrific block printed color, and I sure love their balletic postures and starry wands! An image search on this one turns up nothing, so