{"product_id":"elsies-no-drill-bookshelf-cat-lantern","title":"Elsie's Handmade Bookshelf Cat Lantern","description":"\u003clink href=\"https:\/\/fonts.googleapis.com\/css2?family=Poppins:wght@300;400;500;600;700\u0026amp;display=swap\" rel=\"stylesheet\"\u003e\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n.prod-wrapper { font-family: 'Poppins', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Arial, sans-serif !important; max-width: 820px !important; margin: 0 auto !important; color: #2c2c2c !important; line-height: 1.65 !important; box-sizing: border-box !important; padding: 0 4px !important; }\n.prod-wrapper * { box-sizing: border-box !important; }\n.prod-wrapper p { margin: 0 0 14px 0 !important; font-size: 16px !important; }\n.prod-hero { background: #2b2118 !important; padding: 34px 28px !important; border-radius: 10px !important; text-align: center !important; margin: 0 0 26px 0 !important; }\n.prod-hero .prod-hero-icon { font-size: 34px !important; line-height: 1 !important; display: block !important; margin: 0 0 12px 0 !important; 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This is the only object she ever made that was hers — and the last run she will ever pour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-story\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“Barty slept on the drying shelf above my bench for eighteen years, because the paste pot was underneath it. Every evening when I lit the lantern on the hook below him he would pour himself straight over the edge — front half hanging down, one leg loose, tail up for the counterweight — and reach a paw down at the lantern ring until I moved it. I did not design this. I carved what I had been looking at since 2001.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-story-by\"\u003eElsie Thorne · Hudson, New York\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h\"\u003eWhat comes in the box\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-includes\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e🐈\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe cat\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eCast figure, hand-rubbed matte, balances on any shelf edge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e🏮\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe lantern\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopy of her bench lantern, lifts straight off the paw\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e🔋\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCoin cell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eFitted and ready — around 120 hours of flicker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-inc\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e📄\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story card\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe ledger number and where it was poured\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h\"\u003eSix things a bookbinder solved that a decorator would not have\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-features\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e⚖️\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Counterweight Hip\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mass sits behind the shelf line, in the hip and the raised tail. That is why it holds an edge with no screw, no bracket and no adhesive — including in a rental you are not allowed to drill. Hollow figures need adhesive, and adhesive on a painted shelf takes the paint with it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e🔗\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 22-Millimeter Paw\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe curl of the front paw is a working hook: 22 mm opening, rated to four pounds. Lantern at night, reading glasses or keys by day. A hook that happens to be a cat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e🕯️\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Bench Lantern Copy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA scaled copy of the brass paraffin lamp that has hung over Elsie’s bench since 1981 — the building has 1890s wiring. Eight posts around the glass instead of four, the flared foot, the crown vent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e❄️\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cold Flame\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eA flicker LED where the wick goes — amber, uneven, always moving. This is the one a binder cares about: heat and hard light are what destroy books. This one runs cold, so it can sit against cloth and paper indefinitely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e🪨\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Matte Read\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo gloss and no clear coat. Every casting is hand-rubbed dead flat, because shine is what makes a small figure read as a toy. Matte sits next to cloth and leather spines instead of shouting over them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-feat\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e🐾\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Live Sag\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe spine curve came off a real cat over a real edge. Shoulder blades standing proud of the back, front leg hanging loose, tail up. It is why people who own cats stop walking when they see it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-expert\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"color:#f2ece2 !important;\"\u003e“The cold light is not a small detail, it is the whole thing. I spend a good part of my working life on damage that came from somebody putting a warm lamp on a bookshelf. Heat pulls moisture out of leather and hide glue, the hinge stiffens, and then it cracks the first time the book is opened. An unheated LED against a row of spines is genuinely inert. And a piece that balances instead of adhering is the right answer for a bookcase — I have taken adhesive residue off more shelves than I would like to count.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"prod-expert-by\" style=\"color:#b3a695 !important;\"\u003e\u003cb style=\"color:#ffffff !important;\"\u003eRuth Okonkwo\u003c\/b\u003e · Book and paper conservator, 22 years · Hudson Valley\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h\"\u003eTwo finishes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-colors\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#1b1b1b !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eInk Black\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-chip\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"prod-dot\" style=\"background:#f2ede2 !important;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eBone White\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-size:14px !important; color:#7a7268 !important; margin-top:12px !important;\"\u003eMost people take one of each. They read as a pair at either end of the same shelf — one facing in, one facing out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h\"\u003eWhere people put them\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-perfect-for\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e📚 Bookshelf edge\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🪑 The shelf beside a reading chair\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🛏️ Nightstand and headboard\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🧸 Child’s bookcase night light\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🚪 Entryway — keys on the paw\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🏠 Rentals — no holes, no adhesive\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🎁 Gift for a reader\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-tag\"\u003e🕯️ In memory of a cat\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h\"\u003eWhy these last\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"prod-list\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCast solid, not hollow.\u003c\/b\u003e The weight is in the hip where it has to be, so a slammed door does not put it on the floor.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePulled from a hand-carved master.\u003c\/b\u003e Elsie carved Barty in basswood over six weeks of evenings in the winter of 2019, then took the silicone mould off that carving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHand-finished one at a time.\u003c\/b\u003e Stripped, cleaned up and rubbed matte by hand — no spray booth, no clear coat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSafe against books.\u003c\/b\u003e A coin-cell flicker LED runs cold. No heat drying out a leather spine, no scorch mark on a shelf edge, nothing to blow out.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eNothing glued shut.\u003c\/b\u003e The lantern lifts off the paw and the cell compartment opens. When the battery dies you replace it, not the lantern.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-guarantee\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e🛡️\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e30-day return guarantee\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf it is not right for your shelf, one email to info@backroadgoods.com is enough. No forms and no explanation needed — Elsie would rather have it back than have it in a drawer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"prod-note\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne honest note on size.\u003c\/b\u003e This is a small piece. The cat is about five inches nose to hip, the lantern is under three inches tall, and the whole thing drops roughly nine inches below a shelf edge. Photographs make it look bigger than it is. Everything else is exactly as shown — but the scale surprises people, so it is worth knowing before you order.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 class=\"prod-h\"\u003eProduct details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable class=\"prod-specs\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSet contents\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e1 cat figure + 1 miniature bench lantern + coin cell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMaterial\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eStone-and-resin composite casting, hand-rubbed matte finish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFinish\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDead-flat matte — no gloss, no clear coat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCat dimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 5 in \/ 13 cm nose to hip; tail stands approx. 4 in above the shelf\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLantern dimensions\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 2.75 in \/ 7 cm tall\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eTotal drop below shelf\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 9 in \/ 23 cm\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 2.3 oz \/ 65 g per set\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHook opening\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22 mm, rated to 4 lb \/ 1.8 kg\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFits shelves up to\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eApprox. 1.5 in \/ 38 mm thick\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLight\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFlicker LED, 1 coin cell included, approx. 120 hours, no heat\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eColours\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eInk Black, Bone White\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMounting\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eNone. No screws, no adhesive, no wall damage.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eCare\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eDry cloth. Matte finish — do not use polish or solvents.\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMade by\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eElsie Thorne, Hudson, New York — final run, 769 remaining\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Handmade by Elsie Thorne","offers":[{"title":"Ink Black","offer_id":59051565252956,"sku":"BG-HCL-001","price":31.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Bone White","offer_id":59051565285724,"sku":"BG-HCL-002","price":31.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0903\/4081\/9292\/files\/hf_20260908_210535_5fc21f44-f05f-4752-88f9-13763f0343a0.png?v=1788901905","url":"https:\/\/backroad-goods.com\/products\/elsies-no-drill-bookshelf-cat-lantern","provider":"BACKROAD GOODS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}