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Cat Washing

"Cleanliness is next to godliness "
- Proverb

1 1/16" tall x 1 1/8" wide x 1/2" deep

65.00


Tulip & Butterfly

"The tulip and the butterfly, appear in gayer coats than I. "
- From “Divine Songs for Children”, Isaac Watts, Designs adapted from British embroidery of the Stuart Period.

1” tall x 1” wide x 1/2” deep

60.00
Out of stock


Square Butterfly

- Butterfly design adapted from British embroidery of the Stuart Period.

5/8” square at top and bottom x 11/16” tall

42.00
Out of stock


Cylindrical Tulip Butterfly

- Butterfly and tulip designs adapted from British embroidery of the Stuart Period.

11/16” tall x 5/8” diameter

37.00
Only one left in stock


The Artist

"The artist is nothing without the gift, and the gift is nothing without work. "
- Emile Zola

13/16” tall x 5/8” diameter

37.00
Out of stock


What’s A Butterfly?

"What’s a butterfly at best? He’s but a caterpillar drest. "
- John Gay

5/ 8” tall x 5/8“diameter

37.00
Out of stock


Let Me Be Dress'd

"Let me be dress’d fine as I will, Flies, worms and flowers exceed me still. "
- Isaac Watts,“Divine Songs for Children”,1674 – 1748

1 1/8" tall x 7/8" wide x 3/8" deep

65.00
Out of stock


Flies

- Images of fly, caterpillar, and primrose adapted from British embroidery of the Stuart period.

5/8" tall x 3/4" diameter

37.00
Out of stock


Curiosity

"Curiosity is the key to creativity. "
- Akio Morita

7/16" diameter x 3/4" tall

37.00
Out of stock


Big Octopus

1 1/2" tall x 1 1/16" wide at top, 5/8" wide at bottom x 3/8" deep

78.00
Very limited stock


Know Something

"Stare, pry, listen, eavesdrop. Die knowing something. "
- Walker Evans

7/8" tall x 7/16" diameter

37.00
Out of stock


We Must Be

"We must be our own before we can be another’s. "
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Friendship” from “Essays”, 1840

13/16” tall x 5/8” diameter

37.00
Out of stock


Kindness

"The highest form of wisdom is kindness. "
- The Talmud

7/16" tall x 5/8" diameter

37.00
Out of stock


Happy Dog

"The dog is the god of frolic "
- Henry Ward Beecher

1 1/8" tall x 1" wide x 3/8" deep

75.00
Out of stock


Beckoning Cat

"For Luck "
- In Japan, a figure of a beckoning cat is displayed to bring good luck to a business. The cat beckons with the right paw to attract money and with the left paw to attract customers.

1 1/16" tall x 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep

50.00
Out of stock


Spider

- Superstition says that if you find a spider on your clothes, money is coming your way. The Mayan goddess of midwifery took the form of a spider.

5/8" diameter x 13/16" tall

37.00
Only one left in stock


Gentle Heart

"A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread. "
- Traditional proverb

5/8" diameter x 13/16" tall

37.00
Only one left in stock


Mandrake with Eye

"The clouds ye so much dread are big with mercy and shall break in blessings on your head. "
- William Cowper

1 1/8" wide at top, 5/8" wide at bottom x 2" tall x 3/8" deep

85.00
Out of stock


Four Sided Grapes

- In Egypt, bunches of grapes symbolize the heart, and life. Grapes also symbolize fertility, as attributes of the Greek god Bacchus.

1/2" square x 1 1/16" tall

42.00
Out of stock


What You Are

"No lo que fuiste, sino lo que eres. "
- 'Not what you were, but what you are.', American Southwestern Spanish proverb

1/2" tall x 1/2" diameter

37.00
Out of stock


Dancing Beetle

"Silver moon upon the deep dark sky... This sleeping world you wander by... "
- Antonin Dvorak, "Rusalka", Aria "Song to the Moon", translation

1" wide x 1 1/4" tall x 3/8" deep

75.00
Out of stock


Lucky Peony

- Large screens painted with peonies, symbols of auspicious good fortune, were displayed at traditional Korean weddings.

3/4" wide x 3/4" tall x 1/4" deep

42.00
Only one left in stock


Tooth Fairy Rat

"Big rat! Little rat! Here is my tooth, Pray give me a new one. "
- Raratongan prayer from 'The Golden Bough' by James George Frazier

3/4" wide x 1 1/4" tall x 3/8" deep

60.00
Only one left in stock


Bleeding Heart

"Sides: 'Despise not mee: Yt joyes in thee.' "
- antique poesy ring

1" wide x 1 1/4" tall x 3/8" deep

75.00
Out of stock


Practiced Hand

"It is the practiced hand that makes the natural gesture "
- Willa Cather, 1873-1947

5/8" in diameter x 5/8" tall

37.00
Out of stock


Absent Forget Me Not

"The forget me not flower is a symbol of faithfulness and enduring love "
- Sides, from an antique poesy ring, read “Tho’ absent ever dear"

5/8" wide x 7/8" tall x1/4 " deep

42.00
Out of stock


Order to a Cat

"I gave an order to a cat, and the cat gave it to its tail. "
- Chinese proverb

5/8" diameter x 5/8" tall

37.00
Very limited stock


Cat is a Saint

"The cat is a saint when there are no mice about. "
- Japanese proverb

9/16" diameter x 5/8" tall

37.00


Crow Method

"Side text: Method is more important than strength. "
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

1 1/4" tall x 1 3/16" wide x 1/2" deep

85.00
Out of stock


The Top

"You're the top. "
- Cole Porter, song title and lyric from"Anything Goes", 1934

9/16" diameter x 3/8" tall

37.00
Only one left in stock


Bendel Bonnet

""You're a Bendel bonnet, a Shakespeare sonnet" "
- From 'You're the Top', Cole Porter

5/8" tall x 9/16" diameter

37.00
Out of stock


You're Keats

""You're Keats, you're Shelley" "
- From 'You're the Top', Cole Porter

7/16" tall x 1/2" diameter

37.00
Out of stock


Botticelli

""You're a Botticelli" "
- From 'You're the Top', Cole Porter

1/2" tall x 3/8" diameter

37.00
Out of stock


Rectangular Strawberry

"The strawberry; an attribute of Freya, Norse goddess of love and fertility. "
- Sides:"Semper Amemus" ("May we love forever") Latin inscription from 17th century poesy ring

3/4" high x 3/4 wide x 1/4" deep

42.00
Out of stock


Caged Heart

"Sides: Je vous aime, je vous adore, que voulez-vous encore? "
- I love you, I adore you, what more do you wish?

1 1/4" tall x 1" wide x 3/8" deep

75.00
Out of stock


Me To Know

"For me to know and you to find out. "
- Fred (the cat) can keep a secret.

5/8" square

42.00
Only one left in stock


Love & Scandal

"Love and scandal are the best sweetners of tea. "
- Henry Fielding 1701-1754

1 1/8" tall x 5/8" diameter

48.00
Out of stock


Cat Heads

- A portrait of Pete.

5/8" diameter x 9/16" tall

37.00
Out of stock


Katydid On Grass

"Even larks and katydids are supposed by some, to dream. "
- Shirley Jackson, "The Haunting of Hill House"

1-3/8" tall x 1" wide x 3/8" deep

75.00
Out of stock


What I Choose

"I am learning that what I choose is the real me "
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882

7/8" high; 1/2" diameter

37.00
Out of stock


By Logic

"By logic and reason we die hourly, by imagination we live. "
- John Butler Yeats

3/4" high; 5/8" diameter

37.00


Beach Pennywort & Grass

1-3/8" high x 1" wide at top; 2" wide at bottom; 1/4" deep

55.00
Out of stock


Shadow Swallows

"Our imagination flies. We are its shadow on the earth. "
- Vladimir Nabokov 1899-1977

1 7/8" tall x 1/4" deep x 1 1/8" top width; 5/8" bottom width

85.00
Very limited stock


Peace

"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. "
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803-1882

3/4" tall x 1/2" diameter

37.00
Very limited stock


Lucky Scarab

"For luck "
- In Egypt, the scarab may symbolize wisdom, the sun, and self creative power.

1" tall x 3/4" wide x 1/4 deep

42.00
Out of stock


Lucky Butterflies

"For luck "
- In China butterflies may symbolize abundant leisure and joy; in Japan, two butterflies symbolize conjugal happiness.

3/4" tall x 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep

42.00
Very limited stock


Be Not Forgetful

"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. "
- Holy Bible, Hebrews 13:2

13/16" diameter x 1" tall

48.00
Out of stock


If Ever Two Were One

"If ever two were one, then surely we. "
- Anne Bradstreet 1612-1672

5/8" diameter x 1" tall

48.00
Out of stock


Mad, Bad

"Mad, bad, and dangerous to know "
- Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), Journal entry after meeting Byron for the first time, at a ball in 1812.

3/4" tall x 1/2" diameter

37.00
Only one left in stock


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