Cat
Meissen Porcelain Factory
Category
Ceramics
Date
1730 - 1750
Materials
hard paste porcelain
Measurements
100 mm (Height); 143 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Meissen
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 870950.2
Summary
Model - One of a pair of Meissen cats in hard paste porcelain, the tabby fur enamelled in fine grey and brown strokes, and incised. The cat is lying down. German, 1745
Provenance
At Saltram by 1951 and accepted by HM Treasury in lieu of full payment of Estate Duty from the Executors of Edmund Robert Parker (1877-1951), 4th Earl of Morley
Makers and roles
Meissen Porcelain Factory, potter