Super Folky 1930s Carved Cat beautiful slate with a heart shaped leaf

with a heart shaped leaf (the shape I think is wrong to represent a tobacco leaf) on a long stem

The ruffle on Esther's bonnet from which a tuft of hair falls to her forehead

I do believe this is one of the H

) Dating to the 1930s I believe

Surface wear and darkening to the tintype as evident

Super Folky 1930s Carved Cat beautiful slate with a heart shaped leafA super folky old carved cat, monogrammed and dated 1935 in black paint on its underside looking perhaps like a stray much in need of love, but also I think having a bit of a sphynx like quality, especially in profile, as if very solidly planted, guarding the gate! With deeply recessed carve outs for the ears and eyes, the latter showing some blue paint, and a rather narrowly carved nose that lends it a bit of a Siamese quality I think. Definitely a