Wonderful Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Silk Cat Baring Fangs! wooden dial with numbers I believe this was made

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

and feeling like literal capsules of another time (and specific person

These probably date to the 1930s or so

and can't find another like him now

though with this lovely scalloped edging

Wonderful Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Silk Cat Baring Fangs! wooden dial with numbers I believe this was madeWhat 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