Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt facto knife with a few small scrapes

with a few small scrapes to the orange lacquer on the exterior and one crack to the black lacquer at the edge of one interior tray (see detailed photos)

The cloth covered corners of this copy are a bit worn

this guy seems to have been the 107th creation of what I believe was quite a small company

There is a second signed drawing on the back as well

I just adore the painted water-skiing woman on this vintage handkerchief box

Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt facto knife with a few small scrapesI think it was quite wise as well as resourceful of women not to let cigar silks ribbons go to waste, especially brilliant gold ones like these! (Meanwhile, their fathers or husbands were cutting and carving up the cigar boxes to make tramp art frames and the like.) While I've seen a handful of these quilts, this is the first I've seen made almost entirely using one brand of silks; typically it seems it was the practice to trade in order to have a