Antique Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Dutch Manuscript Map of Early Utrecht vintage carved wooden foot which also reminds me of

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

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

until now--and am even more smitten

I can almost hear him chatting away

but most often populated with figures and animals

Antique Ink and Watercolor Hand-drawn Dutch Manuscript Map of Early Utrecht vintage carved wooden foot which also reminds me ofI 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