Antique Ink and Watercolor Rebus Riddle Drawing with Poem on Reverse tin cat toy in alternating white and red

in alternating white and red stylized text (in relief) are the names of each product in various languages

No tears or folds

MA (the parents of well-known fiction writer Elizabeth McCracken

14 1/2" long x 4" wide x 1/2" deep

like a watercolor painting rendered in inky shades of mossy green and brown and cream

Antique Ink and Watercolor Rebus Riddle Drawing with Poem on Reverse tin cat toy in alternating white and redThis is areally wonderful, I think19th century British ink and watercolor rebus drawing that I am still trying to fully puzzle out! I love envisioning its maker sitting down with ink pen, conceiving these riddles, and then beautifully unfurling (literally) them across the page, plus adding a poem to the backside of the page to boot! (re produced below.) Ive figured out a few things, starting with 0 cence = nonsense at the top of the page, and a few of