Lot 204 , Two rare Staffordshire porcelain kennel groups of a cat confronting a dog, c.1835-50, L. 11.5cm and 12.3cm

Two rare Staffordshire porcelain kennel groups of a cat confronting a dog, c.1835-50, L. 11.5cm and 12.3cm
Estimate £100-150

Provenance - Dennis G. Rice collection

cf. Dennis G. Rice, Cats in English Porcelain of the 19th century, colour plate 6.

The piece with the cat emerging from the kennel has restoration to the poodle's tail and to the foliage to its left side. The other piece has possible restoration to the cat's tail. Both pieces have losses to the shredded clay


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Sold for £170