Black and White Cat in Profile Doorstop with Alligatored Face printing supplies only a couple of minor

only a couple of minor tears and bent corners and minor staining

7 1/4" x 4 5/8" watercolor on watermarked laid paper

Nicely aged and worn

who might once have had hands and feet but I think maybe more likely was a large acrobat squeeze toy

with all sorts of irregularity to the shapes of the bone fronts

Black and White Cat in Profile Doorstop with Alligatored Face printing supplies only a couple of minorA bit of an unusual one in my experience for this cat being oriented in profile, and what an excellent face, I think, subtly smiling (the smile carved rather than painted) and looking very much as if holding a secret or having just swallowed a canary! Great character, well constructed, and with excellent alligatoring to the creamy white paint of the face on both sides. It also seems like a pretty early on to me, maybe 1920s 30s? 7 5 8" t x 8 1 16"