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Cat
Factory: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
Salt-glazed stoneware figure of a seated cat.
White stoneware press-moulded and salt-glazed. The figure is hollow and without a base. The seated cat has its face turned to the side and sits on an oval platform, which is decorated with a ring of dots. Small dashes mark the toes and claws of the cat and also appear on the back-leg, forehead and behind the ears of the cat.
History note: Provenance unidentified before bought by a porter at Puttick and Simpson's, known as “Mack”, on behalf of a client; when his client refused to pay, Mack sold for £8 with C.799-1928, on 8 October 1920 to Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest.
Height: 8.4 cm
Width: 5 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Mid
George II
Circa
1745
CE
-
Circa
1755
CE
Cats were the most common animal figure produced in stoneware by the Staffordshire potters.
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Press-moulding
: Press-moulded white stoneware covered in a salt-glaze; the face of the cat has several wavy cracks, probably sustained in the moulding or the firing process
Salt-glazing
Inscription present: stick-on rectangular white paper collector’s label
Accession number: C.801-1928
Primary reference Number: 76118
Old catalogue number: 3793
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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