Wonderful Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Silk Cat Baring Fangs! wooden dial with numbers and especially the head--suggestive of

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

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

and can't find another like him now

RI who bought the island of Cuttyhunk in 1693 and whose family continued to live on it for many generations

rolls along smoothly like a pizza wheel

Wonderful Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Silk Cat Baring Fangs! wooden dial with numbers and especially the head--suggestive ofWhat 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