Wonderful Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Silk Cat Baring Fangs! woman in red with glass over top

with glass over top

then dug up in this beautiful rust-encrusted state

If one looks on the underside at a certain angle you can see that the name of its maker was carved into it

with just light soiling to the corners from handling

The simmering pots on the stove with flames below

Wonderful Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Silk Cat Baring Fangs! woman in red with glass over topWhat a face, what a cat channeling a tiger! It appears to have been sewn of silk organza, with lining beneath that, surely darkened some over time, all to the good I think. With a hand embroidered face and details on the body, including curled tail on the back, in threads of various colors, all tight, as are the seams. The stuffing feels like more like grain than soft stuffing no scent to it, maybe wheat? It is stuffed full, and the stuffing is fairly