Blue Stuffed Cat with Terrific Hand-Embroidered Face glass design Hand-thrown and hand-painted using a

Hand-thrown and  hand-painted using a wax relief technique

including seemingly hundreds of complete first edition sets of various adventure series for young readers

silver-plate I believe

but they are absolutely gorgeous--very finely done

Turning the handle here rotates one of two colorful round glass slides

Blue Stuffed Cat with Terrific Hand-Embroidered Face glass design Hand-thrown and hand-painted using aA real charmer of a stuffed cat I think, with an excess of attitude! It's the embroidered face that sold me, with those green eyes and crazy eyelashes, but especially the flurry of stitches for the mouth and whiskers, looking like a bunch of arrows pointing in different directions. And fringe on the tail, too. 11 t (not including tail) x 5 1 8 w x 1 thick. Good vintage condition, with a bit of staining and a couple of tiny holes. All seams tightly