Many Georges, Antique Folk Art Plate with Cut Stamp Decoration and Threaded Ribbon milk crate which shows handwritten text (i

which shows handwritten text (i presume written by the original owner rather than the maker but hard to know for sure) in graphite on one side

with an interesting long double ended link

with a bit of a momento mori feel

Cubes measure 1 1/8" cubed

is made of wood and hand-painted a dark green and red

Many Georges, Antique Folk Art Plate with Cut Stamp Decoration and Threaded Ribbon milk crate which shows handwritten text (iI found this one in Lancaster, PA a few weeks ago. Another permutation on postal stamp art I believe: looks to me like the George Washington silhouettes and all of the rest of the tiny cut paper bits were cut from stamps and envelopes, with cancellation marks showing here and there. Oh, the creative resourcefulness of yore, nothing going to waste. Wonderfully graphic against the black milk glass plate. With original (once surely brighter) pink ribbon