Many Georges, Antique Folk Art Plate with Cut Stamp Decoration and Threaded Ribbon milk crate What to make of the

What to make of the bust on pillar with pink ribbon

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 a bit of a momento mori feel

with some aging to the fabric

Very large to be a pin cushion

Many Georges, Antique Folk Art Plate with Cut Stamp Decoration and Threaded Ribbon milk crate What to make of theI 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