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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Ceramics, Room 138, The Harry and Carol Djanogly Gallery

Figure

ca. 1745 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Figure of a cat in salt-glazed stoneware, sitting with its head turned to the right, and decorated in white and dark brown marbled clays, and touched with blue inside the ears and in a wide patch on one side of the body, and the eyes are touched with dark brown slip.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Salt-glazed stoneware with applied clay and slip
Brief description
Figure of a cat in salt-glazed stoneware, sitting with its head turned to the right, maker unknown, made in Staffordshire, ca. 1745.
Physical description
Figure of a cat in salt-glazed stoneware, sitting with its head turned to the right, and decorated in white and dark brown marbled clays, and touched with blue inside the ears and in a wide patch on one side of the body, and the eyes are touched with dark brown slip.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.7cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Subject depicted
Other number
Sch. II 86 - Schreiber number
Collection
Accession number
414:866/A-1885

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Record createdFebruary 19, 2009
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