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Cat: C.855-1928

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Current Location: In storage

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Cat

Maker(s)

Production: Unidentified Staffordshire factory

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Description

Cream earthenware painted in reddish-brown, paler brown, and dark brown under lead-glaze. A cat reclining on an oval base

Cream earthenware, press-moulded, and painted in reddish-brown, paler brown and dark brown under lead-glaze. The underside is open and the interior is glazed. The cat reclines with its head turned towards the viewer and its tail curled round its right hind leg. Its ears and features are picked out in dark brown, and its body is covered with randomly placed dabs of the three shades of brown. The oval base has slanting striations on its sloping sides, and is painted with roughly oval splodges of the three shades of brown.

Notes

History note: Puttick & Simpson, London, 10 March 1922, one of four cats in lot 30; purchased for 4½ guineas by Mack on behalf of Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge

Legal notes

Dr J. W. L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 7.6 cm
Length: 9.1 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928-12-07) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century, Early
George III
Circa 1790 - 1810

Components of the work

Decoration composed of high-temperature colours ( metalic oxides)
Surface composed of lead-glaze

Materials used in production

white Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Press-moulding : Cream earthenware, press-moulded, painted in reddish-brown, paler brown and dark brown, and lead-glazed; the underside is open and the interior is glazed

Inscription or legends present

Inscription present: rectangular white paper stick-on label with a narrow dark blue line running round the left, right, and top sides

  • Text: No 2772/Staffordshire spot/ted reclining cat/on a white ground/b. at Puttick's/March 10,1922
  • Location: Inside the front of the figure
  • Method of creation: Hand-written in black ink
  • Type: Label

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.855-1928
Primary reference Number: 76234
Old object number: 3772

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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