Lot 1029 , Three Staffordshire porcelain groups of a cat and kitten, c.1835-50, H. 6cm - 6.2cm, slight faults

Three Staffordshire porcelain groups of a cat and kitten, c.1835-50, each with tortoiseshell markings, on moulded rectangular bases, two in green, H. 6cm - 6.2cm, slight faults
Estimate £100-150


Provenance - The Dennis G. Rice collection of English porcelain animals of the 19th century
cf. Dennis G. Rice, Cats in English Porcelain of the 19th century, colour plates 51 and 52.

In the photo the left hand group has a crack under neath the cat showing through beneath. The middle group cat has a chip to its left ear and some speckling to the glaze. The right hand group has restoration to both of the cats ears and the left ear of the kitten, otherwise in good condition.


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Sold for £380