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Cat: C.1455-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Production: Unidentified Southwark Pottery

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Description

Tin-glazed earthenware painted in blue, green, and manganese-purple

Buff earthenware, moulded, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue, green, and manganese-purple. The hollow recumbent cat has the broken base of a candlestick on its back. The ground around it is painted green. The cat's fur is painted with small striations in manganese-purple forming stripes which follow the contours of its body, and are painted over in thin pale blue. The base of the candlestick has a row of blue zig-zags below a horizontal line.

Notes

History note: J.E. Hodgkin collection; Sotheby's, 2 December 1903, lot 64; sold to Tregaskis for 10s; who sold to S.G. Fenton from whom bought for £1.5s. on 15 December 1903 by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher

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Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Length: 14 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

17th Century, third quarter
Charles II
Circa 1660 CE - 1675 CE

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( blue, green, and manganese-purple)

Materials used in production

bluish-white Tin-glaze
buff Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Buff earthenware, moulded, with applied base of candlestick, tin-glazed bluish-white, and painted in blue, pale blue, green, and manganese-purple high-temperature (metallic oxide) colours; the closed underside has a central circular ventilation hole
Tin-glazing

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1455-1928
Primary reference Number: 72028
Old object number: 2417

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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