Silver Mouse Paperweight, Presumed Old Newbury Crafters for Cartier gold painted whimsy 4 1/4" across at arms

4 1/4" across at arms

Day created each piece of popcorn using carefully crafted molds

and the beautifully jointed back corners

The box also shows lots of wear

He's a pretty great one

Silver Mouse Paperweight, Presumed Old Newbury Crafters for Cartier gold painted whimsy 4 1/4" across at armsI found this lovely silver mouse digging through a bin in a shop in southern Maine where I have, over time, turned up some amazing little treasures. It was quite tarnished, but I had a feeling about it, and it also felt vaguely familiar and, bottom line, what an elegant little mouse, with a bit of a mid century feeling about it. Anyway, a little research led me to discover an identical solid sterling silver mouse produced for Cartier by Old Newbury