19th Century Folk Art Ink Portrait of Soulful Looking Woman with Rose stained which sure looks to me

which sure looks to me as if written in the 19th century based on the manner of the lettering

And then the inside bottom of the box shows blackening from the heat the of the stone

I'd think they were made for baking mini quiche or pot pies or the like

red lined cape

19th Century Folk Art Ink Portrait of Soulful Looking Woman with Rose stained which sure looks to meMy photos do this lovely and soulful woman no real justice; the pink of her lips and rose, and the blue black of her irises, and the olive green of the rose's leaves don't come across so well and then also is the fact that her eyes seem to follow one around the room! I love everything about her, from her expression that seems a complex mix of of wise and proud and sorrowfully resigned, down to the all of those tiny dots and dashes giving form to her