An Early 20thC American Folk Art Painted Cast Iron Boot Scraper Formed as a Cat c.1920 poa-item and in the art world

and in the art world

Date: 1860-70

to wit: their shoes were of pliable woven stuff

a firm which then claimed to have baked the first dog biscuit

An Early 20thC American Folk Art Painted Cast Iron Boot Scraper Formed as a Cat c.1920 poa-item and in the art worldOrigin: American Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 Width: 14. 5 Height: 9. 5 Depth: 4. 25 The sculptural American folk art cast iron boot scraper, cast in one piece, formed as a striding cat, its body rendered in a flattened silhouette with tail arched high and head lowered in purposeful motion, being primitively modelled, giving a remarkable strength of outline, the elongated back, lightly defined haunches and incised whisker