19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Giant Baby Boy, Flowers berlin work someone at some point took

someone at some point took care to re-purpose the pair of figures

I really like its rustic-ness and the simplicity of the form--like a cheerio on a barbell

When I spotted these they reminded me of the Schoenhut toy circus chairs and stands I like so much

plus an extra cup (without handle) and plate--perfect for sugar cubes and cookies to serve along with coffee

and the box seems still to contain most of them--as pictured

19th C. Double-Sided Naive Graphite & Crayon Drawing: Giant Baby Boy, Flowers berlin work someone at some point tookThis is one of a handful of drawings I'm listing by the same (surely quite young) maker, found together in an old notebook already partially disassembled so I went ahead and separated them all. I'd guess 1870s or so, and all quite wonderful, this otherworldly baby boy on blue blanket, seemingly a giant in relation to the tree beside him, perhaps my favorite of all. (And reminding me a bit of the phenomenal "electric pencil" drawings of James Edward