Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt facto knife --cries the little girl in

--cries the little girl in this charming hand-painted watercolor postcard

with finely done pin prick type decoration on the toe and stocking(

I'd hang it on the wall

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

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)

Hand-sewn and Embroidered c. 1900 Owl Cigar Silk Quilt facto knife --cries the little girl inI 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