Great Old Stocking Cat with Button Eyes and Knotted Tail red spotted Well used but still very

Well used but still very sharp looking

I spotted it perched behind the counter at an antique store in Lawrence

Skillfully done

mostly ruled paper with a few drawings on laid pasted in

Strung with a rope on the back for hanging

Great Old Stocking Cat with Button Eyes and Knotted Tail red spotted Well used but still veryI'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