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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;smallaxe, post: 2200018, member: 13430&quot;]The more I looked at it, the more I was sure it originally had both paws on the edge of the basket. So I decided to effectuate a repair. After opening the basket a bit, and wiggling the kitty around a bunch I was able to get kitty out. Kitty is hollow, and appears to have been a sheet of gold formed into cylinder and then shaped. The lid would hold kitty in, but she would rattle around. I didn&#039;t want to solder, and don&#039;t have the tools, so used some beeswax (that I happened to be rendering from our beehives today) in the bottom to keep kitty in place in a way that should be easy to undo in the future if ever brought to be repaired properly.</p><p><br /></p><p>After looking more, I also think the basket and kitty may have originally attached to bracelet on a very small loop that&#039;s been flattened down. Maybe it was on a necklace originally?</p><p><br /></p><p>Still not sure what the eyes are made of. I need higher magnification for that. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]254160[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]254161[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]254162[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]254168[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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