Antique Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Dutch Manuscript Map of Early Utrecht vintage carved wooden foot And then the fact that

And then the fact that this wonderful dog appears to be blind in one eye

) I'd guess it might have been made as a card box (I believe two decks would fit inside)

Paper size is  7 1/4" by 4 3/8"

so he could live in a garden bed or just in a plant

which also reminds me of those old mystery boxes where one sticks one's hand inside and feels around at some unknown thing

Antique Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Dutch Manuscript Map of Early Utrecht vintage carved wooden foot And then the fact thatI am not in the least a map expert, but I sure love to look at them, and think this one is quite an exquisite thing. With an old fold line down the center, I'm pretty sure it came from an old Dutch manuscript, and someone more knowledgable that I has dated it to the late 18th century or so. Ive learned from a brilliant Dutch instagram follower that it is based on a c. 690 AD map of what is now Utrecht and that the castle is the castle Trecht, located