Folk Magic: A Rare & Early Dried Cat Head sub-Curios Highly festooned

Highly festooned

and the overall impact is of a beautifully made and handsome object

cricket bat and stumps

The drawing and execution of this piece is really rather wonderful

These two have been getting on swimmingly for at least a century and we see no reason why they should wish to part now

Folk Magic: A Rare & Early Dried Cat Head sub-Curios Highly festoonedOrigin: British Period: Seventeenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1600 1700 Height: 2. 5 inches (with neck) Length: 4 inches The well preserved mummified head and neck with in tact teeth, having some remaining coloured hair. Condition is good, given age and fragility, though there is one medium sized hole to the top of the skull; the whole however remains in good stable order. According to mediaeval superstition, old shoes, bottles, and less