Hol(e)y: c. 1870s Punch Paper "Lacework" Cross in Adirondack Frame british transferware All measure apex

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with each letter of each name carefully carved in capital letters against stippled grounds

Last photo is with 1940s Scheier mug

A weird one for sure

I have looked at lots and lots of antique woven splint baskets

Hol(e)y: c. 1870s Punch Paper "Lacework" Cross in Adirondack Frame british transferware All measure apexI've certainly bought and sold a good number of antique perforated punch paper embroideries, but this is the first piece of paper "lacework" I've had, which was created by very carefully cutting away from a large piece of perforated paper to form the shape of a cross and complex interior pattern including many dozens more (tiny) crosses. Rather miraculous, really! Most examples of these I've found seem to date to the 1870s, so I presume this one does