Muscle Man, Coq Pose, Excellent Antique RPPC Bar la Florida cocktail book which measures 6 1/4" x

which measures 6 1/4" x 3 3/4" and has a small hole in one corner of the bottom

so swooned when I saw these

often given as wedding gifts to be placed on the mantle and meant to bring good luck

with color illustrated cover and yellow cloth spine

done with tiny seed beads very tightly stitched to hide

Muscle Man, Coq Pose, Excellent Antique RPPC Bar la Florida cocktail book which measures 6 1/4" xQuite a looker, and quite a mustache! I'm not sure I ever drew the connection between strong man wrestler postures and those of roosters, but this sure brings that home; cock a doodle doo! And really excellent framing here I think, the oval mask making him feel all the more like a object specimen being closely inspected, as if through a scope, while the public setting makeshift looking wall behind him, view of park tables and chairs to the right gives