Wonderful Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Silk Cat Baring Fangs! wooden dial with numbers with lodges in every state

with lodges in every state

and especially the head--suggestive of many animals at once but none in literal form

and can't find another like him now

And becoming an expert reader with these does not seem terribly difficult

I believe this was made to hold gun powder--like a powder horn

Wonderful Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Silk Cat Baring Fangs! wooden dial with numbers with lodges in every stateWhat a face, what a cat channeling a tiger! It appears to have been sewn of silk organza, with lining beneath that, surely darkened some over time, all to the good I think. With a hand embroidered face and details on the body, including curled tail on the back, in threads of various colors, all tight, as are the seams. The stuffing feels like more like grain than soft stuffing no scent to it, maybe wheat? It is stuffed full, and the stuffing is fairly