Old Needlepoint Bookmark with Three Cats bobbin timer With a slot cut under

With a slot cut under one arching window on one of the short sides

Some wear around the edges and on her right flipper

but the old paint and softened edges and just all over patina on these is to my eye just spectacularly beautiful

giving this bucolic landscape a bit of an edge and amplifying the sense of nature as a vastly more powerful force than our little rowing boater at left or the tiny flying ducks at bottom right

This little vase is just big enough for a few stems (a couple of sprigs of red berries would be perfect in it right now)

Old Needlepoint Bookmark with Three Cats bobbin timer With a slot cut underMuch better in person, this one made more purely happy to discoverwhat a lot of love went into making this three cat bookmark, done with very small needlepoint stitches. The perfect soft green to set off the trio, best I think the big orange face at center, with very expressive black whiskers! There was once wide green ribbon sewn across the backside, much of which has deteriorated, but a new backing could easily be sewn on if desired. Very charming.