Much Loved Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Doggie antique book plate Though I don't follow the

Though I don't follow the sport or know enough to identify the other boxer here

Carved of an exotic/tropical hardwood I believe

visible at the center and edge of the lid

This wonderfully weathered

Much Loved Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Doggie antique book plate Though I don't follow theA sweet stuffed pup, looking a bit forlorn perhaps, though he was certainly much loved for a good bit of his long life. I am thinking may have been made from pre printed cloth these is some text along the hand stitched bottom seam, but its a bit tough to tell if printed on hand written in blue ink. (It does sort of look like it says "Made by" so perhaps the latter. In any case, all of the black is hand embroidered, and what Id guess was once white