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Cat
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire Pottery
Dark brown and white marbled clays (solid agateware), press-moulded, the face coated in white slip, and salt-glazed. The cat is sitting up with its head turned towards the viewer and an alert expression.
History note: Sir William Carington GCVO, KCB (28 July 1845 – 7 October 1914); sold Christie's, 13 July, 1916, Carrington sale, lot 1; sold for £14.13s. to Mr Stoner for Dr J.W.L. Glaisher FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 15.3 cm
Length: 11 cm
Width: 7.8 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1745
CE
-
1760
CE
This is an unusually large example of a salt-glazed agateware figure
Face
composed of
slip
( white)
Surface
composed of
salt-glaze
dark brown and white clays Agateware
Press-moulding : Dark brown and off-white marbled clays (solid agateware), press-moulded and joined, the face coated with white slip, with remnants of dark brown slip eyes, and salt-glazed
Inscription present: circular white stick-on label with black printed border and text
Accession number: C.789-1928
Primary reference Number: 76057
Old object number: 3902
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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