Lot 015 - Vintage Hand-Painted Wooden Folk Art Black Cat Smoking Stand with Arched Back and Raised Tail, Red and Black Stepped Base, 24" H 2430 ” an 1870s household

” an 1870s household

The sides are teal blue with a repeating silhouette frieze of children

Provenance: from a flea market in Germany

Antique Victorian memorial hair work wreath

The sleeve is heavily torn and fragmented with significant losses

Lot 015 - Vintage Hand-Painted Wooden Folk Art Black Cat Smoking Stand with Arched Back and Raised Tail, Red and Black Stepped Base, 24" H 2430 ” an 1870s householdVintage hand painted wooden black cat smoking stand in a flat cut silhouette form. The cat is depicted standing with an arched back, its curved tail rising to support a square red platform with a circular recess for holding an ashtray. The face is a separate attached piece with hand painted white eyes, whiskers, and an orange nose and mouth. The figure is painted black and mounted on a tiered red and black stepped base. Paint loss and edge wear are