1592984338000 1312637261000 Standard Record object-81687 1747159737761 1508948124000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-81687 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81687 febac066-bc30-3027-8dbf-c3014a1da9a3 5 reference term-108348 adlib-term-108348 667e7a19-db33-3d85-bd9b-c2dafd8e02ff tin-glazed earthenware reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware presumed cobalt used reference term-38994 adlib-term-38994 05e2aa57-7c47-38da-a2e3-c94df7e7b16d cobalt-blue Decoration reference term-91170 adlib-term-91170 d49ca0b4-ccae-3039-afe0-882c186cff25 glass Eyes reference term-115812 adlib-term-115812 5ff69ea6-7a8e-307d-89e3-0a960ba42e8a applying reference term-115 adlib-term-115 94d65983-dea2-361b-b187-a968c98ab1d8 Nature Applied Arts Seated cat, tin-glazed pale yellow, painted in blue and black, with circular, lobe and heart motifs. Earthenware, slip-cast, tin-glazed pale yellow except for circular, heart-shaped and tri-lobed reserves, painted in dark blue, and a little black; applied glass eyes with black pupils and pale green irises with pale brown markings. There is a large roughly oval ventilation hole in the base. The cat sits facing in profile to the right with its head turned to its right to face the front. The interiors of both ears are painted dark blue, and the eyebrows, nose, and mouth in black. Down its back there are four reserved motifs with two lobes at the top and one larger lobe below, outlined, and partly filled in with blue. On the rest of the body there are circular and heart-shaped reserves similarly decorated in blue. The tail has four horizontal reserved stripes, each with blue edges and a central wavy blue stripe. C.11-2002 1 accession number C.11-2002 81687 priref 81687 Fitzwilliam Museum entry form number 173 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81687 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/81687 on the top of the back right paw painted in dark blue E. Gallé (sic)/ Nancy mark reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Bequeathed by Mrs Powley reference agent-160952 adlib-agent-160952 68f3441a-5222-3686-9920-e3a432736c66 Powley, Mrs 2002 2002 2002 bequeathed Entry date: 2002-10-14 1880 1880 CE 1880 circa 1880 1900 1 1900 CE 1900 1900 probably factory reference agent-160951 adlib-agent-160951 dab13e7d-0f34-3146-8854-b482417cba18 Emile Gallé Attribution to Gallé doubtful reference term-108070 adlib-term-108070 7e278258-23e3-3d5b-a4ff-ab5ecacb4bf3 19th Century, Late reference term-120127 adlib-term-120127 ee2ddbd4-503c-30f5-8cf9-3c2d121bd315 Victoria I reference term-109813 adlib-term-109813 a38ad2d1-2957-3aa6-a91b-91f077a70c4e literal France France country Nancy yellow reference term-39575 adlib-term-39575 cdf6707a-1eeb-3622-a26b-6e54f1f8d4ab tin-glaze reference term-42861 adlib-term-42861 5b368285-f1a8-3dcf-a5b2-637fd3c3956c earthenware Height cm 32.8 Length cm 19.6 reference term-110277 adlib-term-110277 97f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37b animal figure cat history note Unknown before donor in whose possession it had been for many years. reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum Cf. A pair of Gallé cats with analogous decoration. Dusseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, Deutsches Keramikmuseum, catalogue of an exhibition held 27 September 1981 - 10 January 1982, no. 207, illustrated p. 81. Signed under the left hind paw. p. 117 reference publication-3494 adlib-publication-3494 7fc54557-0951-3b0b-ac3c-9e1a12510f89 Keramik von Emile Gallé reference publication-3466 adlib-publication-3466 d5d6cc89-ee50-38bb-a6fa-0e80ac23d07b Jewels, Silver and Wemyss Pottery Cf. p. 440, lot 438, a comparable cat signed under one paw E. Gallé Nancy. H. 32.4 cm. Estimate $2,500-3,500. Eyebrows are painted differently from the Fitzwilliam's example 440 reference publication-5791 adlib-publication-5791 31c0840d-e63d-3ffb-a201-a74d0241f0d2 Property from the Collection of Josephine & Walter Buhl Ford II animal reference term-106263 adlib-term-106263 26defd1a-3e3f-3c78-aeff-41fa6b29619d cat literal cat cat

reference term-110277 adlib-term-110277 97f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37b animal figure

animal figure Earthenware, slip-cast, tin-glazed pale yellow except for circular, heart-shaped and tri-lobed reserves, painted in dark blue, and a little black; applied glass eyes. reference term-120096 adlib-term-120096 7cc05306-f07e-3189-849f-52addb9e2ca7 slip-casting yellow reference term-120059 adlib-term-120059 dfa315b5-819d-37ab-ab22-bddfdbb3cbe7 tin-glazing object OBJECT