Wooden Cutout Dutch Girl with Fantastic Surface 19th century poetry So many sad hours I

So many sad hours I pass through that no one knows anything about

Nice original brown and red paint

I just found this and two other old folding rulers and am completely in love with them

but in overall excellent condition

Wooden Cutout Dutch Girl with Fantastic Surface 19th century poetry So many sad hours IThere are definitely a good number of old folk art Dutch girls and boys out there, but I've never seen one with a surface nearly as great as this. It seems maybe a mix of paint and crayon and varnish and I'm not sure what all, but coming together now just right. Two hooks at bottom, I guess once used to hang keys, but which are now a bit deformed twisted, so really she's just her own thing. There is a hole at the center of her hat via which one could