Old Maid Prize, Black Ink Drawing Signed F.A, 1892 snowman photo A great addition to a

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

probably late 19th/early 20th century

with scrapes and some rust

Signed at lower left

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

Old Maid Prize, Black Ink Drawing Signed F.A, 1892 snowman photo A great addition to aAt 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.