Antique Folk Art Oval Frame with Much Flourish! beagle At one point surely there

At one point surely there was a string that wrapped around this which one would use to set it spinning

Bio  (courtesy MGH Discovered Art):

) A deck was sacrificed in making this one

and the Old Maid herself

Antique Folk Art Oval Frame with Much Flourish! beagle At one point surely thereA Pennsylvania German tramp art frame, I presume, feeling to me to nod a bit to Black Forest or at least those corner flourishes make me think of Black Forest cuckoo clocks, and the carved disks at the corners of hex stars, too. Very much the right frame for a portrait of one's mother or grandmother or most beloved and feeling as if ready to carry them to Heaven, if they're not there already! 10 3 8" t x 8 1 2" w. Frame sight: 3 1 4" x 2". Excellent