Sweet Old Folk Art Carved Small Standing Frame with Photo German cutout wooden figures The fancy outfit and Italianate

The fancy outfit and Italianate setting make me think he may have been channeling Romeo

and with great whittled points at the ends

each stick is equivalent to 3-4 watercolor pans)

The box is In very good condition overall

Scherenschnitte (as these cut paper works were called) that I've ever seen

Sweet Old Folk Art Carved Small Standing Frame with Photo German cutout wooden figures The fancy outfit and ItalianateA very sweet old carved folk art standing frame, the form of which makes it look (to me at least) as if the photo itself is being held lovingly in a hand or cupped between two hands, with thumbs to the sides and the tips of three fingers above it. Framing the old snapshot of young child seated on a bench in front of a rock formation are three wooden pieces, carved to look like rope. No fourth piece at the bottom, likely lost, but as is one could