Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper vintage puppet head Freed from his string and

Freed from his string and squeeze handle

I'd guess early-ish 20th century

I think I'd keep it on the kitchen counter to  use all of the time

or a small measure of anything

Laura's Rose, 19th C. Naive Graphite Drawing on Lined Paper vintage puppet head Freed from his string andThe Laura who signed this above the lower border does have a last name, but she wrote it with so many flourishes I find it very hard to read! She clearly liked her flourishes, seemingly adding them wherever she could, but I think she got the rose really right, with a nice wildness to the leaves furling in every direction, and a feeling of this rose as a very living thing, as if swarming with bumblebees! 8 1 8 x 5, overall good condition, with some