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Cat
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory (Possibly)
Earthenware reclining cat, decorated with manganese-purple and green under lead-glaze
Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated overall with oval cream patches reserved in a manganese-purple ground and a little dark green; the underside is closed and unglazed. The cat reclines with its front paws tucked in and its tail curving round its left hind leg. The outlines of its eyes are incised and filled in with dark green.
History note: Puttick & Simpson, 10 March 1922, one of four figures of cats in lot 30; purchased by Mack for 4½ guineas on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 7.8 cm
Length: 12.5 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
-
1770
The attribution to Staffordshire is uncertain. The model is unusual in not having a base under the cat, and it is also rather heavy for its size.
Decoration
composed of
oxide colours
( manganese-purple and green)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
cream Earthenware
Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and decorated overall with oval cream patches reserved in a manganese-purple ground, and with a little green for the eyes; the underside is closed and unglazed.
Accession number: C.827-1928
Primary reference Number: 76189
Old object number: 3770
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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Accession Number: C.234-1928
Accession Number: E.480.1954
Accession Number: E.GA.3859.1943
Accession Number: 221
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