Seated Cat: C.11-2002

Titles

Seated Cat

Maker(s)

Factory: Emile Gallé (Probably)

Entities

• Animal figure
• cat

Categories

• Tin-glazed earthenware
• Earthenware

Description

Seated cat, tin-glazed pale yellow, painted in blue and black, with circular, lobe and heart motifs.

Earthenware, slip-cast, tin-glazed pale yellow except for circular, heart-shaped and tri-lobed reserves, painted in dark blue, and a little black; applied glass eyes with black pupils and pale green irises with pale brown markings. There is a large roughly oval ventilation hole in the base. The cat sits facing in profile to the right with its head turned to its right to face the front. The interiors of both ears are painted dark blue, and the eyebrows, nose, and mouth in black. Down its back there are four reserved motifs with two lobes at the top and one larger lobe below, outlined, and partly filled in with blue. On the rest of the body there are circular and heart-shaped reserves similarly decorated in blue. The tail has four horizontal reserved stripes, each with blue edges and a central wavy blue stripe.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor in whose possession it had been for many years.

Legal notes

Bequeathed by Mrs Powley

Place(s) associated

• Nancy ⪼ France

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2002) by Powley, Mrs

Dating

19th Century, Late#
Victoria I
Circa 1880 CE - 1900 CE

Note

Attribution to Gallé doubtful