15929704270001312637261000Standard Recordobject-76118170206259752316336273890001702062268675fitz-onlineadlib-object-76118https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76118045edce6-562a-3187-b557-56b473fa6ffc6referenceterm-42825adlib-term-42825858e5d17-b554-33d6-936f-25b16f72f39dstonewarereferenceterm-113617adlib-term-113617e7f652e0-545e-352e-bece-b5fb0dff1b88white salt-glazed stonewarereferenceterm-113184adlib-term-11318425fc548d-d02f-39a6-a34f-d609393a0043J. W. L. Glaisherreferenceterm-37110adlib-term-37110ef92f1a8-1400-3fa3-863f-e099781ea442salt-glazeSurfaceApplied ArtsSalt-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.C.801-19281accession numberC.801-192876118priref76118old catalogue number3793urihttps://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76118https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/76118stick-on rectangular white paper collector’s labelinside the figurehandwritten in black inkNo3793. White salt glaze seated cat. b. in London, Oct 8 1920.labelreferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumDr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest.referenceagent-152564adlib-agent-152564c20df94d-f096-3e0b-a9b5-6ddd12161fb7Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr192819281928-12-07bequeathedthe Glaisher ceramic collection was entered in the accession register as one item with the date of Dr Glaisher's death17451745CE1745circa1745175511755CE1755circa1755factoryreferenceagent-188993adlib-agent-1889937550c9da-135b-3f18-9344-2303a850cf51Unidentified Staffordshire factoryCats were the most common animal figure produced in stoneware by the Staffordshire potters.referenceterm-106451adlib-term-1064519cdfd62c-ee07-3884-ae08-c797aad0863118th Century, Midreferenceterm-107736adlib-term-107736e93a8dd1-d76d-320b-be9b-afa352e322a1George IIreferenceterm-121296adlib-term-121296cf519728-92f0-363e-b899-3d94fc04fc1dwhite stonewareHeightcm8.4Widthcm5referencemedia-46885adlib-media-468854653dcef-5f68-32d2-9234-c8697bd77ba2jpegaa/aa2/C_801_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162518611991imagejpegaa/aa2/mid_C_801_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels649widthpixels50016162518611991imagejpegaa/aa2/C_801_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels740widthpixels57016162518611991imagejpegaa/aa2/preview_C_801_1928_281_29.jpg1heightpixels325widthpixels25016162518611991image0media
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imagereferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figurehistory noteprovenance 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, Cambridge1same provenancereferenceobject-76073adlib-object-76073fba2de87-9901-38d6-af82-100f9aa0e1181reference1term-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figureanimal figurereferenceagent-149638adlib-agent-1496387376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8The Fitzwilliam MuseumPubl. Vol. l, p. 109, no. 801109referencepublication-1031adlib-publication-1031a5cc6cb3-2b6f-390a-af51-7e9d123e55edCatalogue of the Glaisher Collection of Pottery and Porcelain in the Fitzwilliam Museum CambridgeCf. p.290, no.155 – nearly identical salt-glazed stoneware cat, except that the face lacks the wavy cracks290referencepublication-5737adlib-publication-57378415e190-cfcb-3838-8937-8aa1f889118bThe Henry H. Weldon Collection, English Pottery, Stoneware and Earthenware 1650-1800p.110, no.191 – comparable salt-glazed stoneware cat, also seated on oval base decorated with ring of dots110referencepublication-1041adlib-publication-1041d544c53c-d4bc-3cb9-8de9-6ff5cff91ae4The Delhom Gallery Guide, English PotteryRef. p.66 – general discussion of the production of cat models in salt-glazed stoneware66referencepublication-3518adlib-publication-3518e5ee7538-2e37-36f8-a85e-4633321ea64bThe Illustrated Guide to Staffordshire Salt-glazed Stonewarereferencepublication-5642adlib-publication-56428bcf80f1-2771-3eb1-af18-1dad68194db1White Salt-glazed Stoneware of the British Islesanimalreferenceterm-106263adlib-term-10626326defd1a-3e3f-3c78-aeff-41fa6b29619dcatliteralcatcatreferenceterm-110277adlib-term-11027797f1ad1c-7b1d-373a-b0ae-ed010d95f37banimal figureanimal figurepress-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 processreferenceterm-120085adlib-term-12008568c62b7c-aaf4-38a5-a1be-4d6c615c0714press-mouldingreferenceterm-120043adlib-term-1200435cfbfafc-b55f-3261-8e8b-6043f5d90289salt-glazingCatobject
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