Old Maid Prize, Black Ink Drawing Signed F.A, 1892 snowman photo The piece measures 6" tall

The piece measures 6" tall x 12" long x 3/8" deep

Signed at lower left

With its handy loop handle on the lid

The box measures 9 3/4" long x 2 3/4" wide and 1 3/4" tall

A great addition to a collection of fine baskets or Native American objects

Old Maid Prize, Black Ink Drawing Signed F.A, 1892 snowman photo The piece measures 6" tallAt first I thought this antique merit award type drawing was a snarky, or tongue in cheek portrait of an old spinster, which, as a happily unmarried woman in her late 40's, appealed to me personally, but then I realized it was surely a prize for the winner of what must have been a fierce Old Maid card game, or maybe long stretch of games. And indeed, Old Maid in its current incarnation dates to the early 1880s, popular in England as well as in the U.