Black Cat, Butterflies & Dragonfly Trivet | Ceramic & Cork
She sits low and watchful among a riot of stained-glass blooms, dragonflies hovering at her whiskers and butterflies scattered like confetti through the foliage. Her coat isn't flat black at all — look closely and it swirls with hidden pattern, gold and teal picked out against the dark, as if the whole garden had settled into her fur. Black cats carry more than one story depending on where you're standing. In Ancient Egypt she was sacred, bound up with Bastet, guardian of home and hearth. British and Irish sailors once brought black cats aboard for luck, trusting them to calm the seas, and a black cat on a Scottish doorstep was read as good fortune arriving just ahead of itself. In Japan she's the maneki-neko, the beckoning cat, welcomed in for prosperity and, so the story goes, love as well. Only in parts of Western Europe did she pick up her darker reputation, recast as a witch's familiar and blamed for troubles that were never really hers.
Here, though, she's planted firmly in the garden's good graces — dragonflies for change and clarity, butterflies for transformation, flowers blooming in every direction. Jewel-toned and densely detailed, this ceramic trivet is as much a small piece of art for the wall or shelf as it is a hardworking piece for the table. Finished with a cork backing to protect the surfaces beneath.
- Dimensions: 20 x 20cm. All measurements are approximate.
- Material: Ceramic with cork backing
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