Small Pair Staffordshire pottery cat figures

Victorian, circa 1860. Tallest is 3.7ins high, 1.7ins wide, 1.4ins depth.

Pair of Staffordshire Pottery figures which feature cats, seated on an oval base.

Ochre painted base line. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.

Vent hole to underside of one.

Condition

Right facing: Generally good. Small flake to base front.

KILN EFFECTS: touch mark to side of base;

kiln detritus caught in the glaze to tail;

a few flecks of stray coloured glaze;

shrinkage crack along the base edge to reverse.

RESTORATION: filled chip to lower base edge on the front.

Filled chip to cats right ear;

retouched paint losses to other ear.

Left facing: Fair. Small chip to lower base edge at front.

Small flake to nose and some to upper base at reverse.

KILN EFFECTS: some flecks of stray coloured glaze.

RESTORATION: cat has been off of base, reglued and join retouched;

stabilised and retouched crack to cat's body;

retouched paint losses to ears and muzzle.

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