Gorgeous Antique Knotwork Sailor's Cosh or Blackjack antique litho animals It is signed by its

It is signed by its maker

and the color palette of the rest is just great

The underside of the lid shows some greening of the copper

meaning handsome boy

and indeed it would be useful for that

Gorgeous Antique Knotwork Sailor's Cosh or Blackjack antique litho animals It is signed by itsI'm quite obsessed with this exquisitely crafted but also pretty brutal object, a sailor's weapon, preferred over the knife, and which from what I have read was carried by "Press Gangs," who would use them to gather a crew by rendering unsuspecting victims on shore unconscious, only to awake once out at sea. Housed inside the gorgeous macrame knot work at the large end is a lead weight, which would do the damage. The long stretch of the middle is