Folk Magic: A Rare & Early Dried Cat Head sub-Curios The interior flowers have a

The interior flowers have a few small areas of worn and flaking paint

solid wood construction and unpretentious simplicity

“Issued by the Royal Society for The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

this timepiece was commissioned by the British United Clock Company and then passed to Joseph Gloster of Birmingham to apply the beautiful aesthetic qualities that we see here

Folk Magic: A Rare & Early Dried Cat Head sub-Curios The interior flowers have aOrigin: British Period: Seventeenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1600 1700 Height: 2. 5 inches (with neck) Length: 4 inches The well preserved mummified head and neck with in tact teeth, having some remaining coloured hair. Condition is good, given age and fragility, though there is one medium sized hole to the top of the skull; the whole however remains in good stable order. According to mediaeval superstition, old shoes, bottles, and less