Italy: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map vintage glove stretchers (And I think it could

(And I think it could be situated in the tradition of Shigaraki ware--rugged

Photos do not do this justice

The year 1965 and "Japan" are carved on the bottom

especially on the babies

I believe tin cutouts like this were sometime used as quilt templates

Italy: Gorgeous c. 1840 Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Map vintage glove stretchers (And I think it couldI forever have an eye out for hand drawn maps of all sorts, and especially ink and watercolor ones of this ilk, which I believe were done in school as part of geography class (can you imagine?!) These (this is one of five I am listing) I purchased from a seller near to me in Massachusetts, who dates them to 1840 or so based on a map of the United States done by the same person, which included Texas Territory (Texas became a state in 1845). To me these