Dora's Wonderful Merry Xmas Frog on Lilypad, Antique Watercolor Postcard, Unused Back danish design ) With scribbled text along

) With scribbled text along the edges like voices in the head

but toward the back are several pages of repeated sentences

Among my favorites here: transmutation

I wonder if this cutout was made as a gift to the policeman sitting on it--perhaps to celebrate a promotion

or perhaps for a science fair

Dora's Wonderful Merry Xmas Frog on Lilypad, Antique Watercolor Postcard, Unused Back danish design ) With scribbled text alongI presume done by a child named Dora long ago the watercolored letters spelling out "A Merry Xmas" certainly seem so but what a fantastically elegant frog (toad?)! And exactly the right green for the exactly right sized round lily pad, and then this lovely whisper of long stalk in hand. Transcendent! And with an unused back, making it a perfect xmas card gift some 100+ years later. 5 7 16" x 3 7 16" and in good antique condition, light general wear