Folk Magic: A Scarce & Early Dried Cat Head sub-Curios Cakes” with the rear panel

Cakes” with the rear panel reading simply “Fry’s Chocolate

there is some very faint foxing in places but nothing that is not consummate with age

fitted interior

Height: 10

Folk Magic: A Scarce & Early Dried Cat Head sub-Curios Cakes” with the rear panelOrigin: British Period: Seventeenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1600 1700 Height: 3. 25 inches (with neck) Length: 4. 5 inches The well preserved mummified head and three quarter neck with in tact teeth, having some remaining coloured hair. Condition is good, given age and fragility, though there are two holes on symmetrical sides of the skull; the whole however remains in good stable order. This example is larger than our previous listed