Awaiting location update
Titles
Sitting Cat
Maker(s)
Production:
Unidentified Staffordshire factory
(Probably)
Entities
Categories
Description
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.
Notes
History note: 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.
Legal notes
J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Measurements and weight
Height: 16.1 cm
Length: 10.7 cm
Acquisition and important dates
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed
(1928-12-07)
by
Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
Dating
18th Century, third quarter#
George II or George III
Circa
1750
-
1775
Note
The attribution to Staffordshire is uncertain
Components of the work
Decoration
composed of
oxide colour
( dark brown)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
( yellowish)
Base
Depth 7 cm
Materials used in production
pale buff
Earthenware
Techniques used in production
Slip-casting
References and bibliographic entries
Identification numbers
Accession number: C.843-1928
Primary reference Number: 312780
Old object number: 4375
Stable URI
Audit data
Created: Saturday 10 June 2023
Updated: Friday 15 December 2023
Last processed: Friday 15 December 2023
Associated departments & institutions
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
