Best Ever Very Old Black Cat Doorstop cast iron Japanese owl Made of hand-dyed silk thread

Made of hand-dyed silk thread

On the opposite long side is a sliding panel

which is welded to a larger hanger (it all reminds me rather of a ski lift) making it quite easy to hang them from a hook on the wall

it's also very nicely constructed and substantial

This is the finest pine needle basket I've ever seen

Best Ever Very Old Black Cat Doorstop cast iron Japanese owl Made of hand-dyed silk threadOh, this cat.. if this one doesn't grab your heart, I don't know what to say! I would think it has 100 years on it at least and has surely stopped a lot of doors, yielding a to my eye an ideal surface scraped, dinged, and chipped, but still holding on to much of its original paint, most importantly that of the wonderfully expressive eyes and whiskers. I think it all adds up to a pretty perfect embodiment of black cat persona! 8 1 2" tall x 5 3 5"