Handmade Ink and Watercolor French Courtiers and Flower Sellers Paper Dolls dish set which left these wonderful faint

which left these wonderful faint shadow forms

stable and sound condition

15 7/8” w x 11 1/8” t x 1 1/16” and in very good condition

It could also be hung directly from a hook

Handmade Ink and Watercolor French Courtiers and Flower Sellers Paper Dolls dish set which left these wonderful faintI take these hand drawn and watercolored paper dolls as representing French courtiers and flower sellers from the era of Louis XIV or so, though I am not entirely sure when they were made and whether a specific purpose; the level of execution is rather above and beyond that of paper dolls made by or for a child to play with! Perhaps they were background characters in an elaborate puppet show? Or made as part of a maquette for an opera set design? In