Great Old Stocking Cat with Button Eyes and Knotted Tail iridescent ) Three nicely carved balls

) Three nicely carved balls in the cage below

6 7/8" tall x 1 1/8" wide and deep

it was published by McLoughlin Bros

for a total of 15

with these fantastic tiny legs on its sides seeming perhaps to just be emerging

Great Old Stocking Cat with Button Eyes and Knotted Tail iridescent ) Three nicely carved ballsI'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