Black Handmade Wooden Cat Bookend Teppich brass figurines who had a fantastic collection

who had a fantastic collection of iconic mid-century furniture

The pendant is marked with 925

The handwritten text below the drawing is a (translated) excerpt from a verse of "Auld Lang Syne" a Scots-language poem written by Robert Burns in 1788:

but have a slight hunch they may be Korean and would guess they date from the 1940s or early 50s

Black Handmade Wooden Cat Bookend Teppich brass figurines who had a fantastic collectionThis sweet old handmade wooden black cat, made into a bookend at some point long ago, is one of my very favorite recent finds; just perfect. It's maker who signed it J. F. on the front below a few white paint strokes (I am not entirely sure whether these are meant to detail its tail, or paws or ??) took the trouble to drill holes through the wood in order to stitch through its little pink nose and those great button eyes, and then added the perfect,