Early Crazy Quilt Fragment with Wonderful Embroidered Cat in Period Lemon Gold Frame porcelain candleholder I'm not sure if this

I'm not sure if this mushroom was once part of a larger sculpture or what

The puzzle itself is in good shape too

hand-sculpted of plaster (solid)

or a framer (

done in the 1930s or so

Early Crazy Quilt Fragment with Wonderful Embroidered Cat in Period Lemon Gold Frame porcelain candleholder I'm not sure if thisLove at first sight with this charmer, much better and with more pop in hand than in photos. I think the embroidery on the kitty could be called stumpwork, with a fair amount of relief to it, done in wool I believe, to well capture a sense of furriness! Mustard and cream, brown and black, with a thinner white thread used for its fine whiskers and as an outline around the entirely body. With red thread representing a ball the cat is batting around. Set