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Dark buff earthenware, moulded in the form of a cat with an aperture in the top of its head, tin-glazed and painted in purplish-blue with natural features and the date '1657'
History note: Robert Drane (1833-1914, Cardiff; sold Sotheby’s 29 June - 3 July 1916, Silver and works of art ….Jacobean relics, Stuart embroideries, Drane Sale, last day, lot 360; bought for £22 by Mr Stoner for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 17.8 cm
Height: 7 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
17th Century, Mid#
Commonwealth
Production date:
dated
AD 1657
Decoration composed of cobalt
dark buff
Earthenware
Tin-glaze
Moulding
: Dark buff earthenware, moulded in the form of a cat, tin-glazed creamy-white, and painted in purplish-blue
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.1324-1928
Primary reference Number: 71816
Old object number: 4093
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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