Lot 328 , A rare Staffordshire porcelain figure of a recumbent tortoiseshell cat, c.1835-50, L. 7.5cm

A rare Staffordshire porcelain figure of a recumbent tortoiseshell cat, c.1835-50, both ears restored, firing crack across the cat's front left leg and a hairline crack and shallow chip to a corner of the rectangular plinth, L. 7.5cm
Estimate £80-120


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 60.


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Sold for £280