Great Old Stocking Cat with Button Eyes and Knotted Tail red spotted Both sides are marked on

Both sides are marked on the outside with what looks to be the number 109

but though he sits on the horse very nicely his proportions are a bit large for it

Well used but still very sharp looking

mostly ruled paper with a few drawings on laid pasted in

Not at all my usual thing

Great Old Stocking Cat with Button Eyes and Knotted Tail red spotted Both sides are marked onI've always been a bit amazed by the prices these old folk art sock stocking cats command, but now having this one in my possession, I'm reluctant to let it go it's fabulous! It's a fairly old one, maybe 1920s 1930s or so?, and a fairly large one, too, with some holes in the stocking testifying to some moths or something nibbling away at it at some point unless it was a hole y stocking to begin with! Great button eyes, wonderful face with embroidered