Seated Cat
Factory: Emile Gallé (Probably)
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.
History note: Unknown before donor in whose possession it had been for many years.
Bequeathed by Mrs Powley
Height: 32.8 cm
Length: 19.6 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (2002) by Powley, Mrs
19th Century, Late#
Victoria I
Circa
1880
CE
-
1900
CE
Attribution to Gallé doubtful
Decoration
composed of
cobalt-blue
( presumed cobalt used)
Eyes
composed of
glass
yellow
Tin-glaze
Earthenware
Slip-casting
: 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.
Tin-glazing
Accession number: C.11-2002
Primary reference Number: 81687
Entry form number: 173
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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