Sitting Cat
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Probably)
Pale buff earthenware, slip-cast, and decorated in dark manganese-brown under yellowish lead-glaze. The cat is seated on an integrally moulded base of elongated D-shape with an inward curve at the front between its feet. The base is unglazed and is open underneath. The cat sits up with its tail wrapped around its right back leg and its head turned towards the viewer. The eyes are picked out in dark brown, and the body is streaked with dark brown which has run under the yellowish lead-glaze.
History note: Christie’s,13 May 1924, lot 14; bought by Frank Partridge for 23 guineas (£24.3s. 0d.) on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 16.1 cm
Length: 10.7 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, third quarter#
George II or George III
Circa
1750
-
1775
The attribution to Staffordshire is uncertain
Decoration
composed of
oxide colour
( dark brown)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( yellowish)
Base
Depth 7 cm
pale buff Earthenware
Accession number: C.843-1928
Primary reference Number: 312780
Old object number: 4375
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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