Mary Baker's May 1917 Calendar with Season Wishes from Out of the Briny Deep! antique counter with alligatoring the on paint

with alligatoring the on paint in the wing and crest

I pulled this out of a box filled with pinch pots and the like

or a bunch of other jewels and precious things

with just a bit of a leafy tree creeping in at left and a view to what looks like a church in the distance at right

Mary Baker's May 1917 Calendar with Season Wishes from Out of the Briny Deep! antique counter with alligatoring the on paintThis is the most curious and amusing of several crayon drawings done by Mary Baker I'm listing, surely done when she was in grade school, and here I think getting some help with the numbering of the calendar. I couldn't love more this idea of sending spring greetings from "the briny deep" except I think her creature drawings top even that! Quite a thing! 8 1 4" x 5 15 16" and in pretty good shape, with a little creasing near the bottom and tear and