Old Straw Stuffed Much Loved Handmade Cat black fig along a bit of pooling

along a bit of pooling of the glaze near the bottom

Especially fun with this pair is that the bolts that secure the boots to their iron base are just a bit loose

A little minor paint loss

What I love so much about this antique autograph book

some of these had ornately turned posts

Old Straw Stuffed Much Loved Handmade Cat black fig along a bit of poolingWhat a face! And what a lot of love this cat has seen (and given, I think!), with reinforcement stitches all the way around the neck and on the tail too, and it looks to me likely loosing its button eyes along the way, but of course I think all the more charming for the wear. With a hand drawn heart shaped nose and mouth and dots for whiskers in what is not a pinkish red, and stuffed full with straw that surely is well over 100 years old. He's