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Cat lying on a cushion
Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory
Cream earthenware painted underglaze in blue, olive-green, yellow, orange, and dark brown
Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and painted in blue, olive-green, yellow, orange, and dark brown under lead-glaze. The underside is open and glazed internally. The cat lies on a rectangular cushion with a convex yellow top and a sloping green gathered side. Its front paws are just visible, and its tail is curled around its hind quarters. It has dark brown eyes and eyebrows, and spots inside its ears, the tips of which are missing. The cream body is decorated with randomly-placed short blue, green and orange brush strokes, and on the tail with black spots.
History note: Puttick and Simpson, London, 10 March1922, one of four cats, in lot 30; bought for 4½ guineas by Mack (the porter) on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 6.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
George III
Circa
1790
-
1810
Decoration
composed of
high-temperature colours
( oxide colours)
Surface
composed of
lead-glaze
Base
Depth 5.9 cm
Length 7.7 cm
Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, fired to biscuit, painted in blue, green, yellow, orange, and dark brwon, and lead-glazed before firing again
Accession number: C.854-1928
Primary reference Number: 76233
Old object number`: 3773
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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