Wonderfully Stoic Old White Folk Art Cat with Red Collar (on custom stand) cast bronze paperweight but am pretty confident based

but am pretty confident based on research that this carved and painted head dates to the late 18th or so

It will cost approx $30 to ship to NYC and about $65 to ship from MA to Los Angeles for reference

it features a combination of creamy gray glazing with aqua highlights

of creating charcoal drawings on paper coated with marble dust

or assume a few positions in between

Wonderfully Stoic Old White Folk Art Cat with Red Collar (on custom stand) cast bronze paperweight but am pretty confident basedThis one! I found it standing next to the dog I've also just listed, perhaps made by the same maker 80 100 years ago based on two much beloved pets, I'm not sure. The seller I purchased it from properly honored this double sided kitty by having a custom stand fabricated, which suits it very well and allows for appreciating her from 360 degrees! The painterly red collar, very wide on one side, narrower on the other, really does it for me, especially