A Marvellous Early to Mid 20thC Lead Sculpture of a Cat antiques but another possibility was that

but another possibility was that there once would have been either wooden limb sections or further parts for the head and if it were at once stage attached to a body it may have been seated on a stool

The overall condition is wonderfully original with no signs of damage to the painting

Quite simply put this is an excessively rare

It was originally published as the third section of an extensive and ambitious botanical publication titled New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus

A Marvellous Early to Mid 20thC Lead Sculpture of a Cat antiques but another possibility was thatOrigin: English Period: Mid 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 50 Width: 20 Height: 16 Depth: 6. 5 (all at extremities) The attractive lead sculpted figure of a cat, freestanding on its haunches ready to pounce, showing a good patination to the lead, and surviving from the early to middle part of twentieth century England. The figure is in stable overall order and appears to be unsigned. There is a nice patination with some discolouration and