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A good English Delftware model of a cat, mid-18th century

23 June 2021, 10:30 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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A good English Delftware model of a cat, mid-18th century

Possibly London, modelled seated and painted in blue with its striped tail curled around its haunches, the fur denoted with ermine-like markings, delicate whiskers on a mournful face and a chain collar around its neck, the hollow mound base washed in blue, 10.3cm high

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Provenance
A private collection of British ceramic cats

A closely related model is illustrated by Jonathan Horne, A Collection of Early English Pottery, Part V (1985), fig.118. Another similar example painted with a chain around its neck was bequeathed by Liane Richards to the Victoria and Albert Museum (acc. no. C.13-2016). See also the model illustrated by Leslie B Grigbsy, The Longridge Collection (2000), p.388, no.D352.

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