Old Straw Stuffed Much Loved Handmade Cat folding Just a striking handmade pottery

Just a striking handmade pottery vase

I'd guess dating to the late 19th century

cracks or other flaws that I can see

Hard to beat this iconic logo

which isn't always how one might think of a seal

Old Straw Stuffed Much Loved Handmade Cat folding Just a striking handmade potteryWhat a face! And what a lot of love this cat has seen (and given, I think!), with reinforcement stitches all the way around the neck and on the tail too, and it looks to me likely loosing its button eyes along the way, but of course I think all the more charming for the wear. With a hand drawn heart shaped nose and mouth and dots for whiskers in what is not a pinkish red, and stuffed full with straw that surely is well over 100 years old. He's