dollsahoy:

dollsahoy:

Vintage plaster cat (that a previous owner had painted gray), airbrushed with Tamiya XF-6 Copper

Based on the bits of original paint visible through the gray paint, I believe this [click] may have been how it looked originally , although this mold was apparently used for a lot of chalkware carnival prizes, so here’s another example https://picclick.com/Vintage-1920s-Carnival-Prize-Chalkware-Laying-Cat-Chalk-233128897996.html (lacks the red bow mine had peeking through the paint on the back), and…this https://picclick.com/Vintage-Carnival-Chalkware-Cat-Figurine-Statue-Figure-Prize-312740246436.html

My grandmother had this cat in off white with blue eyes and a blue ribbon for probably 30 years.

(via cosmomoore)