Lot 1030 , A Staffordshire porcelain seated cat and kitten group and a similar figure of a cat, c.1835-50, H. 7.3cm and 5.8cm, latter repaired

A Staffordshire porcelain seated cat and kitten group and a similar figure of a cat, c.1835-50, each with tortoiseshell markings, H. 7.3cm and 5.8cm, latter repaired
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 53 and 58.

The group cat has fine crack to its right ankle and fine crazing to the glaze. The single cat has rstored ears and has been broken half and restored along the crack.


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Sold for £220