Penn's Spells Quality, c. 1920s Penn's Tobacco Tin with Good Graphics unusual sewing box which could easily be trimmed

which could easily be trimmed

geared toward showing off those arms to maximum effect

the former giving a fabulous spotted pattern to the entire length of the cobra's back and white to its underbelly and "hood"

I think it's really a lovely thing

This guy sure seems to me as if he always existed-- as if he just washed up on the shore one day fully (or almost fully) formed

Penn's Spells Quality, c. 1920s Penn's Tobacco Tin with Good Graphics unusual sewing box which could easily be trimmedNot an especially rare one, a c. 1920s Penn tobacco tin, but I really love the graphics on the lid, and the punning use of a pen nib as means of (calligraphically) spelling quality. Making it a good tin for holding a stash of pens or pencils, I'd say. 6 1 2" x 6 3 8" x 2 3 8". General wear and light rusting all over, just right to me.