Wonderful Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Silk Cat Baring Fangs! existential carving The single funnel steam ship

The single funnel steam ship itself fairly closely resembles the CSS Acadia

all dating to the first half of the 19th century and I believe all by the same maker

with finials evoking the fleur-de-lys--representing the French navy

I've had a few vintage brass cheese wedges in the shop

Wonderful Old Hand-embroidered Stuffed Silk Cat Baring Fangs! existential carving The single funnel steam shipWhat 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