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Description
15"(38 cm.) A paper mache cat with lavish white fur coat is posed standing,having green glass
eyes,pink nose,paper mache front paws and paper mache boots. When wound,he turns his head
from side to side,turns his hands from side to side at the wrists as though opening a sack,and
moves legs forward and back. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Roullet &
Decamps,circa 1900,the cat represents Puss in Boots (Le Chat Botte) from the French Charles
Perreault Mother Goose Fairy Tales,a popular French tale. Value Points: amusing automaton in
well preserved condition.