IDENTIFIERS ----------- id: 312780 accession number: C.843-1928 DATE AUDIT ---------- created: Saturday 10 June 2023 updated: Monday 29 April 2024 DESCRIPTIVE DATA ---------------- object type: 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. title: animal figure NOTES ----- type: history note value: 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. LICENSING --------- text license status: CC0 image license status: CC-BY-NC-SA OWNERSHIP --------- instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum department: Applied Arts creditline: J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest STABLE URL ---------- url: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/312780 SUBJECTS ------------------- cat cat TECHNIQUES ---------- slip-casting CATEGORIES ------ category: lead-glazed earthenware DATING ------ creation date: 1750 - 1775 creation date earliest: 1750 creation date latest: 1775 culture: 18th Century, third quarter culture: George II or George III CREATORS -------- maker: Unidentified Staffordshire factory DIMENSIONS ---------- dimension: Height units: cm value: 16.1 dimension: Length units: cm value: 10.7 CITATIONS -------- Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge ---