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

Made of hand-dyed silk thread

I love this book

I would guess this box dates to the late 19th century

painterly blue and green glazing on its exterior

it's also very nicely constructed and substantial

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"