Many Georges, Antique Folk Art Plate with Cut Stamp Decoration and Threaded Ribbon make do handle and the other KO--whether a

and the other KO--whether a first name or a last name or initials I don't know

I'll give that teacher great credit for leading their students in the exercise of relief carving silhouettes and painting/staining them black and white--in direct conversation with the hollow cut silhouette of a hundred years prior

7 3/4" x 5 1/4" and in good  condition

making its crafty over-the -topness feel quite nodding and knowing

I am in love with this thing

Many Georges, Antique Folk Art Plate with Cut Stamp Decoration and Threaded Ribbon make do handle and the other KO--whether aI 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