"The Enigmatical Dessert", 19th C. Ink and Watercolor Riddle with Solution on Reverse antique drawings of architecture 8 1/4" x 5 3/4"

8 1/4" x 5 3/4" with flaps closed (just drawing showing

Paper: 11" x 8 3/4"

Solid wood

and they appear made of lead to me

with "hook" that folds out to be used to pull one's laces tight

"The Enigmatical Dessert", 19th C. Ink and Watercolor Riddle with Solution on Reverse antique drawings of architecture 8 1/4" x 5 3/4"This is an unsual one, and a beautiful one, and a fun one from the days when riddles were high entertainment, including among high society. All done by hand those green wreaths were very finely watercolored, and all the text is black ink it is titled " The Enigmatical Desert [sic] or Fruits," dedicated at the bottom "to Young Housekeepers", with the text inside each wreath posing a riddle, the solution to which is the name of a fruit, revealed on the