Old Maid Prize, Black Ink Drawing Signed F.A, 1892 snowman photo Through posture (in stark contrast

Through posture (in stark contrast to the lounging men above)

Signed at lower left

The box measure 3 3/8" in diameter and is 1

with scrapes and some rust

Old Maid Prize, Black Ink Drawing Signed F.A, 1892 snowman photo Through posture (in stark contrastAt 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.