Dog with Blue Tassel, Charming 19th Century Pastel Drawing on Card hand numbered so I'd guess this dates

so I'd guess this dates to around then

and the hand-written two-sided cards--accounting for every month and possibility for how the dates fall--are easily removed

and  a pretty old one

4 1/2" wide from top (splaying leather) x 4 1/4" tall

Dog with Blue Tassel, Charming 19th Century Pastel Drawing on Card hand numbered so I'd guess this datesThis 19th c. pastel drawing popped from all the way across the room that blue is just electric, and how much better for that wonderful tassel to be hanging from the mouth of this very charming dog! I love everything about this, which I take for a sort of "sandpaper" drawing, made by adding marble dust to the surface; there is not much shimmer to it, but there is a definite sandpaper like texture to the surface, and it is similar manner to a few