Broken (and Mended) Heart, OLD Painted Panel, German, Found in Pennsylvania double shelf and is in good vintage

and is in good vintage condition

Boston stickeron the face and instruction card still inside

including perhaps framing up a sequence to form a complete cat

I found this framed

Broken (and Mended) Heart, OLD Painted Panel, German, Found in Pennsylvania double shelf and is in good vintageThis is a very old thing, purchased from a dealer in Pennsylvania, found there, c. late 18th century German I believe. (There is a later note "Innsbruck" written on the reverse, I presume identifying where it came from, or where the family that owned it came from.) Clearly a split right down the middle was glued at some point, which struck me as rather poignant a broken then mended heart. (Resilience here on all levels!) It also looks a bit as if the