Lot 1031 , A Staffordshire porcelain group of two kittens playing, c.1835-50, H. 6.8cm, chips to ears

A Staffordshire porcelain group of two kittens playing, c.1835-50, on an oval base encrusted with coloured moss, H. 6.8cm, chips to ears
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 plate 72.

The kitten with its paw on the others back has a chip loss to its left ear and the kitten lying recumbent has a splinter chip to the back of its ear and a stained crack running around the right side of its face, across to its eye and then upwards slightly also. Visible firing cracks inside which do not go all the way through


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Sold for £240