This auction is for a vintage hand painted spelter metal figure, hollow cast, of a cat with a nodding head who is holding a tennis racket and red ball. The cat measures a bit over 3 inches tall, perhaps 3 1/8. The odding action comes rom a flat metal band that is attached inside the body and then up inside the head. Over the years this cat's head has settled back a bit, so he is perpetually looking a little bit upwards, but his head does not rest on the back of his body, he is nodding away even now on my computer table as I write up this auction. He has a little lean to his right, as his right leg looks a bit bowed in, but he's quite stable and not worth the risk of trying to bend the leg back out (they are made of a somewhat soft metal, but...). While there are no makers marks, I believe the figure was made in Germany by the Heyde company. Heyde made a wide ranges of spelter animal figures -- banks, inkwells, desk pieces, soldiers, civilians, and more. Unfortunately the firm did not make it out of WW2. For good source material look for the three out of print books that cover their work:  Mit Heyde Figuren um Die Welt,  Heyde Hunters, and Old German Toy Soldiers (military, civilian, zoo figure sets).  Please see my other auctions and my eBay store for vintage German and other metal animals, figural desk items by Heyde and other makers, vintage toy soldiers, tin and windup toys, Marklin cannon, and vintage and out of print books on old toys. 

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