A rare early Steiff seated velvet cat, white velvet with airbrushed black tabby markings, clear glass eyes with yellow iris, black eliptical centre and grey rimmed backs, pink stitched nose and mouth and tiny indistinct button, circa 1905 --8 1/2in. (21.5cm.) high (wear, discoloured, holes and staining to front feet, insect nibbles to surface of plush and rusty button)