Very Sweet Old Quilted Cat Pot Holder with Hand-drawn Face and Bow theorem horse perhaps as if to signify

perhaps as if to signify the heavy weight of the puritanical--in many senses

this tole (painted tin) book shaped box is still holding onto some of its original red paint on the covers and spine and yellow-orange on the “pages”

There is a good amount of scratching to the surface and a little roughness around a few edges as pictured--signifiying that this is a tool meant to be used

from cocktail parties to serving as a fun alternative to coin tosses or Rock Paper Scissors for settling all sorts of matters

Very Sweet Old Quilted Cat Pot Holder with Hand-drawn Face and Bow theorem horse perhaps as if to signifyLove at first sight with this kitty great fabric, great hand drawn face and bow and front paws (I've seem ink stamped examples of these but this appears hand drawn in black ink, surely washed more than a few times since, such that it has softened in a perfect way) and looks to me as the quilting in white cotton thread was stitched by hand. Charmer. 8 3 8" tall n a hanging loop x 5 3 4" w. Good condition, with a little fraying to the hanging loop and