IDENTIFIERS
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id:	312780
accession number:	C.843-1928

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 10 June 2023
updated:	Friday 15 December 2023

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: 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.
title:	animal figure

NOTES
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type: history note
value: 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.


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/312780


SUBJECTS
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cat
cat



TECHNIQUES
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slip-casting

CATEGORIES
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category: lead-glazed earthenware

DATING
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creation date:	1750 - 1775
creation date earliest:	1750
creation date latest:	1775
culture:	18th Century, third quarter#
culture:	George II or George III

CREATORS
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maker: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 16.1

dimension: Length
units: cm
value: 10.7



CITATIONS
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Catalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge
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