Baccante dell'Ercolano, Much Handled 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Watercolor wooden board I'm attracted their objecthood and

I'm attracted their objecthood and specifically interested in ones bearing text or graphics that have all sorts of resonances

6" wide x 5 3/4" t x 5/8" d and signed (carved) with the initials MT on reverse

At the coming of night-tide

perhaps just a bit earlier This is a real photo postcard

I think it's quite possible that the embroidery is older than the pouch itself--a remnant perhaps

Baccante dell'Ercolano, Much Handled 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Watercolor wooden board I'm attracted their objecthood andI believe this 19th century Italian gouache watercolor was someone's Grand Tour purchase; some notations in graphite at the top of the paper seem to have recorded the date of purchase and what was paid, but it's a but hard to decipher. (I think maybe the year of purchase was 1895, though I believe the painting is likely a bit older than that.) This allegorical "baccante" (follower of Bacchus) with basket on her head (filled with grapes I believe) and