Baccante dell'Ercolano, Much Handled 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Watercolor vintage plaque and because it is full

and because it is full of mostly blank pages just waiting to be used

so maybe good for a box of matches

other stone about 1 7/8"

but then the sinew tied joints confirm it (and the detail of those sinew joints at the hips is especially finely done

Baccante dell'Ercolano, Much Handled 19th Century Italian Grand Tour Watercolor vintage plaque and because it is fullI 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