Antique Ink and Watercolor Rebus Riddle Drawing with Poem on Reverse tin cat toy A very tender piece

A very tender piece

Cutouts at the top of both sides of the planter allow for stringing it to hang

reminding me at once of a horse (and the sculptures of Marino Marini

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Antique Ink and Watercolor Rebus Riddle Drawing with Poem on Reverse tin cat toy A very tender pieceThis is areally wonderful, I think19th century British ink and watercolor rebus drawing that I am still trying to fully puzzle out! I love envisioning its maker sitting down with ink pen, conceiving these riddles, and then beautifully unfurling (literally) them across the page, plus adding a poem to the backside of the page to boot! (re produced below.) Ive figured out a few things, starting with 0 cence = nonsense at the top of the page, and a few of