A steel cat

细节
A steel cat
with six writhen arms issuing from a central sphere and terminating in baluster ball knop finials, English, 18th century -- 18½in. (47cm) wide

拍品专文

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Seymour Lindsay, Iron and Brass Implements of the English House, Tiranti, London 1964. Pages 14-15, similar example illustrated fig.54.