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Cat Door Stop???? or what is it... help!! | Tools and Hardware876 of 2144 |  |  |
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I was wondering CAN ANYONE HELP tell me WHAT THIS IS?
My grandmother had this ugly cat forever, and she had said that it was a tree hanging cat, but I thought that it was TOO HEAVY for a tree.. so I assumed it was a door stop.. Its heavy, and looks like there is bronze underneath.. I was just hoping that someone can direct me in the right way to find out what this is and how much it is worth if anything...
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I'd guess a door stop too. Sorry, no info about it.
I used to live out in the country and sort of remember seeing these mounted on the sides of trees or fence posts. Other small critters too. It could be your cat had some sort of metal mounting bracket on its belly which came out or corroded.
This cat is advertised on page 28 of the "House Beautiful" magazine May 1950 issue I have except it is all white. Described as "life-size bronze cat, painted white to show up against a tree or in garden. He comes with a metal hanger for a secure and dramatic setting, and if you have him climbing up a tree or hanging over a roof edge, we bet your noisy starlings will take a powder". Cost was $8.50 postpaid from Edith Chapman, Nyack, New York.