1592970427000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-76118 1752602732442 1714469828000 1752602690710 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-76118 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76118 045edce6-562a-3187-b557-56b473fa6ffc 7 reference term-42825 adlib-term-42825 858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39d stoneware reference term-113617 adlib-term-113617 e7f652e0-545e-352e-bece-b5fb0dff1b88 white salt-glazed stoneware reference term-113184 adlib-term-113184 25fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043 J. W. L. Glaisher reference term-37110 adlib-term-37110 ef92f1a8-1400-3fa3-863f-e099781ea442 salt-glaze Surface Applied Arts Salt-glazed stoneware figure of a seated cat. White stoneware press-moulded and salt-glazed. The figure is hollow and without a base. The seated cat has its face turned to the side and sits on an oval platform, which is decorated with a ring of dots. Small dashes mark the toes and claws of the cat and also appear on the back-leg, forehead and behind the ears of the cat. C.801-1928 1 accession number C.801-1928 76118 priref 76118 Glaisher MS catalogue, volume 19 old catalogue number 3793 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76118 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76118 stick-on rectangular white paper collector’s label inside the figure handwritten in black ink No3793. White salt glaze seated cat. b. in London, Oct 8 1920. label reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest. reference agent-152564 adlib-agent-152564 c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7 Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr 1928 1928 1928-12-07 bequeathed the Glaisher ceramic collection was entered in the accession register as one item with the date of Dr Glaisher's death 1745 1745 CE 1745 circa 1745 1755 1 1755 CE 1755 circa 1755 factory reference agent-188993 adlib-agent-188993 7550c9da-135b-3f18-9344-2303a850cf51 Unidentified Staffordshire factory Cats were the most common animal figure produced in stoneware by the Staffordshire potters. reference term-106451 adlib-term-106451 9cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad08631 18th Century, Mid reference term-107736 adlib-term-107736 e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1 George II reference term-107658 adlib-term-107658 824d3ecf-92c1-33aa-8d45-2f0239317270 literal England England country Staffordshire reference term-121296 adlib-term-121296 cf519728-92f0-363e-b899-3d94fc04fc1d white stoneware Height cm 8.4 Width cm 5 reference media-46885 adlib-media-46885 4653dcef-5f68-32d2-9234-c8697bd77ba2 jpeg aa/aa2/C_801_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1742583510507 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/mid_C_801_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1742583510507 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/C_801_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1742583510507 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/preview_C_801_1928_281_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1742583510507 1 image 0 media image reference media-46886 adlib-media-46886 3c86265f-32c5-38a6-9f3c-c719aaad3674 jpeg aa/aa2/C_801_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1742583552947 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/mid_C_801_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 649 width pixels 500 1742583552947 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/C_801_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 740 width pixels 570 1742583552947 1 image jpeg aa/aa2/preview_C_801_1928_282_29.jpg 1 height pixels 325 width pixels 250 1742583552947 1 image 1 media image reference term-110277 adlib-term-110277 97f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37b animal figure history note provenance unidentified before bought by a porter at Puttick and Simpson's, known as “Mack”, on behalf of a client; when his client refused to pay, Mack sold for £8 with C.799-1928, on 8 October 1920 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge 1 same provenance reference object-76073 adlib-object-76073 fba2de87-9901-38d6-af82-100f9aa0e118

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animal figure reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Publ. Vol. l, p. 109, no. 801 109 reference publication-1031 adlib-publication-1031 a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55ed Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge Cf. p.290, no.155 – nearly identical salt-glazed stoneware cat, except that the face lacks the wavy cracks 290 reference publication-5737 adlib-publication-5737 8415e190-cfcb-3838-8937-8aa1f889118b The Henry H. Weldon Collection, English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800 p.110, no.191 – comparable salt-glazed stoneware cat, also seated on oval base decorated with ring of dots 110 reference publication-1041 adlib-publication-1041 d544c53c-d4bc-3cb9-8de9-6ff5cff91ae4 The Delhom Gallery Guide, English Pottery Ref. p.66 – general discussion of the production of cat models in salt-glazed stoneware 66 reference publication-3518 adlib-publication-3518 e5ee7538-2e37-36f8-a85e-4633321ea64b The Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-glazed Stoneware reference publication-5642 adlib-publication-5642 8bcf80f1-2771-3eb1-af18-1dad68194db1 White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Isles animal reference term-106263 adlib-term-106263 26defd1a-3e3f-3c78-aeff-41fa6b29619d cat literal cat cat

reference term-110277 adlib-term-110277 97f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37b animal figure

animal figure press-moulded white stoneware covered in a salt-glaze; the face of the cat has several wavy cracks, probably sustained in the moulding or the firing process reference term-120085 adlib-term-120085 68c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714 press-moulding reference term-120043 adlib-term-120043 5cfbfafc-b55f-3261-8e8b-6043f5d90289 salt-glazing object OBJECT