Rare 19Thc Scottish Pearlware Figure Of A Seated Cat C.1830
Stock No
2923
2013
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Item Description
The attractive seated pearlware cat of Scottish origins, on its haunches, its tail curling towards its front paws with the head turned to the right, its coat sponged in Portobello type colours of green pink and yellow, raised on a cushion, and surviving from the second quarter of the nineteenth century.
The piece is in super order, there is only one small chip to one corner of the cushion base as photographed.
Pearlware is essentially creamware with an improved and enhanced inclusion of cobalt in its glaze recipe, which produced a most desirable – though elegantly subtle – bluey tinge, applied to a slightly less-white body. Colouration was applied directly to the substrate with sponges, then glazed and fired, producing ‘tortoise-shell’ finishes; combinations of plumbate powders and similarly-reduced metallic oxides were artfully combined during the firing process to create shimmering, iridescent colour-ways
A delightful piece in great colours.
Item Info
Seller
Seller Location
Olney, Buckinghamshire
Item Dimensions
H: 18cm W: 9cm D: 8cm
Period
c.1830
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Location
Olney, Buckinghamshire
Item Location
United Kingdom
Seller Contact No
+44 (0)7729 213013
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