From The Queen Breeder, 1921 Postmarked Cover, Bellevue Ohio painted figure 15 3/4 x 5 3/4

15 3/4 x 5 3/4 x 5 3/8” t

and these spin brilliantly--perfect for breaking the concentration of your opponent(s)

perhaps one side a first attempt superceded by the other

though it is so distinctive and beautifully decorated I think I'd be more inclined to treat it as a design object than to drink out of it--I  might put it to use as a small planter

early int he 20th century I would guess

From The Queen Breeder, 1921 Postmarked Cover, Bellevue Ohio painted figure 15 3/4 x 5 3/4I am not sure if this envelope once contained a queen bee in a small queen bee box or just some correspondence, but what en envelop! A little research seems to indicate that H. G Quirin was at it breeding queens for quite a long time, with a notation (of an advertisement in a bee keeping journal) as early as 1861, but with this envelop postmarked 1921! (I think perhaps the the former notation is incorrect, but who knows?) The envelop itself looks c.