Unusual Hand-painted Old Wooden Pop-Out Wall Holder with Figure, Bridge, Mountains little animals and with one small hole

and with one small hole to the left of the top left figure

enabling him to stand tall

I think Chas must have be a pretty privileged child to have such a fine slate

15 5/8" wide x 10 5/8" tall x 2 15/16" thick

I found them perched on this wooden rack which makes for a pretty good way to display them

Unusual Hand-painted Old Wooden Pop-Out Wall Holder with Figure, Bridge, Mountains little animals and with one small holeI've never seen another little wall shelf holder like this one, which I find a pretty ingenious as well as evocative thing, perhaps meant to hold letters and it does look as if our rather lonely looking figure could use the lift of a handwritten letter from a friend! I really love how when popped out the space in between feels as if a gap between two places, as if the figure were far away from mountainous landscape in the distance, with the white