From The Queen Breeder, 1921 Postmarked Cover, Bellevue Ohio painted figure though it is so distinctive

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

in the wooden crate I found them in

but they're usually a bit beyond my reach

9" tall x 2 7/8" wide

From The Queen Breeder, 1921 Postmarked Cover, Bellevue Ohio painted figure though it is so distinctiveI 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.