Be Kind to the Cow Mother Antique Punch Paper Embroidery, Framed man with black hat nicely constructed

nicely constructed

I think they are just fantastic

held together with hand-forged nails

but on the underside of the box in what appears to be the same hand one can just make out "To Mummy"

amazing surface

Be Kind to the Cow Mother Antique Punch Paper Embroidery, Framed man with black hat nicely constructedBe Kind To The Cow Mother The ambiguity and multiple possible readings of this old punch paper embroidery makes it is one of my favorite finds ever so wonderfully curious! Are we to be kind to the the mother cow? Or was its maker pleading to her mother to be kind to the cow?! Or, was it "Mother" who made this and decided to sign it as such? I tend to lean toward the first reading, thus loving the specificity of it being not just the cow but the cow