Lot Essay
Cf. Ross E. Taggart, The Burnap Collection of English Pottery in the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Catalogue (1967) p. 105, no. 364.
CIRCA 1750
Details
A Staffordshire saltglaze agateware model of a cat
Circa 1750
Seated on its haunches to the left, its head turned and with a brown mouse in its mouth, its ears enriched in blue and the striated brown body with blue markings (restoration to edge of right ear, the mouse a restored replacement, crack to left flank near base, small chip at back)
5¼in. (13.5cm.) high
Circa 1750
Seated on its haunches to the left, its head turned and with a brown mouse in its mouth, its ears enriched in blue and the striated brown body with blue markings (restoration to edge of right ear, the mouse a restored replacement, crack to left flank near base, small chip at back)
5¼in. (13.5cm.) high