Set of Eight 1830s British Hand-colored Woodblock Riddle Cards antique CDV 6 1/4" l x 6

6 1/4" l x 6 1/2" t x 2 7/8" w

I've found a few other examples of powder flasks of this scale out there

beginning in the late 19th century

with the owl used as a symbol to welcome good luck and good fortune

Set of Eight 1830s British Hand-colored Woodblock Riddle Cards antique CDV 6 1/4" l x 6I love a riddle and thought (think) these riddle cards are just terrific looking, c. 1830s British, woodblock printed with hand painted watercolor eight from what I believe was originally a set of twelve, extremely rare. Of course I am not smart enough to solve them, but surely there is someone out there who can! It seems to me there are several layers of clues in each the imagery itself pointing to a solution, and the text doing it another way. (For