A Lowestoft Porcelain Model of a Seated Cat circa 1770 Its fur painted with dark blackish-brown stripes, its belly and face left in the white, on a green mound base. height 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.); width 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.); depth 2 in. (5.08 cm.) Footnotes: Provenance Billie Pain Collection; Bonhams, London, The Billie Pain Collection of British Porcelain, 26 November 2003, Lot 244; A Private Collection of British Ceramic Cats; Bonhams, London, Fine Glass and British Ceramics, 23 June 2021, Lot 237; Acquired by the current owner from the above. Exhibited The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar Loan Exhibition, 1999, no. 65 A similar cat and a corresponding mould excavated at the factory site are illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains, 1985), p. 133, pls. 166A and B. Two further examples from the Sheila Davis Collection were sold by Phillips London on January 28, 1999, Lots 12 and 13. Condition reports are not provided in catalog descriptions. The absence of a condition report does not guarantee that the lot is in good condition or free from damage and wear. We encourage you to request a condition report and/or additional photos prior to bidding on any lot. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
A Lowestoft Porcelain Model of a Seated Cat circa 1770
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