Her Face Would Stop a Clock, 1908 Hand-drawn Postcard Turkish kilim Who is this marvelous fantastical

Who is this marvelous fantastical beast that lives on the top of this vintage lacquer box

from an intro section of great photos and bios of boxing greats to step by step instructions (again with great photos as illustration) to delivering everything from The Famous Solar Plexus Knockout to the Kidney Punch

writing supplies

and a little cracking (perhaps a repair

it is very sound and the drawers open and close with ease

Her Face Would Stop a Clock, 1908 Hand-drawn Postcard Turkish kilim Who is this marvelous fantasticalI think this woman has a bit of a Cruella de Vil look about her, with a Dalmation like polka dotted dress to boot, but whoever drew her seems to have been tremendously enamored with her loveliness! It seems it could actually be a self portrait of the sender, remembering herself in this dress she once wore, and perhaps replaying comments real or imagined, tongue in cheek or no? from admirers when she did so. The hand written caption "her face would