15929994570001312637261000Standard Recordobject-41632170206257458616062326150001702062267509fitz-onlineadlib-object-41632https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/416326eb42ac4-a6f6-3c01-926d-b095228557906referenceterm-37642adlib-term-376428f36efe3-4fe1-3da2-9944-000db5687ad7porcelainreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainreferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherpale blue, dark puce, two shades of purplish-grey, and brownreferenceterm-107563adlib-term-10756338dcd825-1de1-3222-82c6-15a95729b5ffenamelsDecorationin pale blue, dark puce, two shades of purplish-grey, and brown enamelsreferenceterm-120086adlib-term-120086cdecca31-5ec3-3fe3-9e5d-455d9771fda5painting overglazereferenceterm-115adlib-term-11594d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8NatureApplied ArtsSoft-paste porcelain figure of a cat, painted in enamels.Soft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and painted over lead-glaze in pale blue, dark puce, two shades of purplish-grey, and brown enamels. The underside is concave and glazed. The pear-shaped base has a scrolled edge and a small, stepped mound at the front. The cat sits at the narrow end of the base, looking straight ahead, and holding a mouse to itself with its right front leg. Its left paw rests on the mound, into which another mouse is disappearing, its back and tail still visible. The cat is painted to resemble a tabby in shades of purplish-grey. On one side there is a fingerprint. The mice are brown, and the mound is pale blue. The scrolls are picked out in dark puce.164referenceexhibition-3305adlib-exhibition-3305534a3247-91a9-398f-abe9-7b419586f568Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe (1500-1800)C.3055-19281accession numberC.3055-192841632priref41632old object number3799Burihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41632https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/41632referenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequestreferenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathedthe Glaisher ceramics collection was entered in the register as one item with the date of Dr Glaisher's deatjh17531753CE1753circa1753175811758CE17581758factoryreferenceagent-157665adlib-agent-157665b68c5501-4b5f-39e8-8048-c9b58de684e3Bow Porcelain ManufactoryCats played a very important role in eighteenth-century households by catching mice which would otherwise have invaded kitchens and larders.Label text from the exhibition ‘Feast and Fast: The Art of Food in Europe, 1500–1800’, on display at The Fitzwilliam Museum from 26 November 2019 until 31 August 2020: In early modern Europe, cats were kept primarily as ‘food guardians’ to prevent vermin from eating provisions. Some earned their keep as mousers, such as this tiny feline whose mouse-catching abilities have been immortalised in soft-paste porcelain: with one paw firmly placed on a mouse-hole (into which a lucky mouse escapes), she traps a less fortunate one in the other. Other cats, like the contented one in Valentino’s kitchen scene (displayed nearby), appear to have preferred living off kitchen scraps fed to them by indulgent servants.referenceterm-106496adlib-term-106496bd563695-7339-3178-a8c4-25189907099318th Century, Mid#referenceterm-107736adlib-term-107736e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1George IIreferenceterm-110490adlib-term-110490bb9026c5-22c6-3c07-8c4c-b6817acc50c4literalEnglandEnglandcountryliteralEssexEssexregionStratford-le-Bowpresumed leadreferenceterm-107733adlib-term-10773300160189-e3ce-3796-a88b-5aa8d6c808c4lead-glazepresumed phosphaticreferenceterm-37637adlib-term-3763789b09133-dc0a-3a88-bd40-5aef1ad30ecbsoft-paste porcelainDepthcm5Heightcm8.1referencemedia-17260adlib-media-172605e868255-0d87-3906-8ba7-2cd9db2c561ejpegaa/aa3/C_3055_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162565959261imagejpegaa/aa3/mid_C_3055_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162565959261imagejpegaa/aa3/C_3055_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162565959261imagejpegaa/aa3/preview_C_3055_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162565959261image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figurehistory noteChristie's, 15 June, 1922, part of lot 32, two cats; purchased for £77 on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridgereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. I, p. 387, no. 3055p. 387referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgePubl. p. 118, fig. 4.9 and p. 251, cat. 164118, 251referencepublication-8743adlib-publication-8743a86a8f73-aae5-372c-930d-aa215bd02c9bFeast & Fast. The Art of Food in Europe 1500-1800Ref. This model is B175 in Peter Bradshaw's list of Bow figures, see p. 181, B175B
Cf. p. 168, pl. 193, centre (Christie's)pp. 168, 181referencepublication-2758adlib-publication-2758aae1cefe-a8f4-3d0e-b8c5-0b213fcd157bBow Porcelain Figures circa 1748-1774Cf. A tabby similarly painted in greyish-purple, lot 111. Fetched £756 (including buyer's premium).p. 21referencepublication-2835adlib-publication-283538bf0cd3-947b-3c84-8499-051839f82ff0English PorcelainCf. A pair of patchy coloured cats, one of which is the same form as the Fitzwilliam's, lot 3000. Estimate £800-1000; fetched £1760 (including premium)p. 106referencepublication-2613adlib-publication-2613bb6bf94c-77c7-33cf-b3aa-fe69ccfc7b8eEarly English and Continental Ceramics, 19th February 1991Cf. A less stripey cat, p. 204, pl. 145, and see p. 201pp. 201, 204referencepublication-2688adlib-publication-26882634db86-6ad0-3838-a637-0970bac11a83Bow PorcelainCf A stripey cat, 7.5 cm high.66-67referencepublication-4825adlib-publication-482513a86d30-5679-3ff7-8e38-c8c3579fdad1Splendour in the Grass, Birds, Beasts and Flowers in European CeramicsCf. p. 17, lot 44 a comparable cat dated to c. 1758-60. H. 7.8 cm. Previously sold by Sotheby's, London 21.7.1964, lot 42, and 20.9.1987, lot 106. Estimate $3-5,000.17referencepublication-8729adlib-publication-87296f0888f7-c751-3bc5-a3de-28b746fb7d69Wedgwood & Beyond. English Ceramics from the Starr Collectionreferenceterm-9010adlib-term-9010ecd03def-5d2a-3b43-bb92-76be16fbabf6Rococoanimalreferenceterm-106263adlib-term-10626326defd1a-3e3f-3c78-aeff-41fa6b29619dcatanimalreferenceterm-83722adlib-term-83722b244ed31-6e9d-31a2-b31a-b539c2874832mouseliteralcatcatliteralmousemousereferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figureanimal figuresoft-paste porcelain containing bone ash, press-moulded, and painted over lead-glaze in pale blue, dark puce, two shades of purplish-grey, and brown enamelsreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingpresumed leadreferenceterm-120062adlib-term-120062d05176fb-17b8-3888-bba1-6c5e6c77d206lead-glazingCat seated with Mouse in its Pawobject
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