Fabulous Wooden Folk Art Black Cat 500 Game Trump and Tricks Marker clog shaped snuff box I'm a big fan of

I'm a big fan of old Sapolin products to begin with (they sold little bottles of gold paint for Japanning in terrific dome-lidded turned wooden boxes that I always grab when I find them)

(The cardboard is also very heavyweight and the cuts clean

and it appears

Box is 6 1/8" l x 3 1/4" w x 2 1/4" t

and its elegant earthiness

Fabulous Wooden Folk Art Black Cat 500 Game Trump and Tricks Marker clog shaped snuff box I'm a big fan ofOh my, I love every single thing about this, and the person who made it, who much has been both serious about cards and a great deal of fun to play with! A little research tells me that 500 is a trump taking game related to euchre and bridge, and was most popular in the U. S from the turn of the century until the 1920s. Both the head and the tail on this great black cat move, the tip of the tail to indicate the trump suit and the left ear to point to