Accession number
PML 352853
Published
France, ca. 1930.
Credit line
Gift of Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., 1987.
Notes
"Marked Made in France above circle containing large C with H intersecting the bottom, in paint; unidentified maker's mark ... Label: F. Noble Co., Antique Shop, 927 Madison Ave, New York; pencil marking: Browning 12-8-47; also a catalogue description, lot 94 "Alice Relic..." Painted glazed porcelain. Sleeping ginger cat, on a brocade cushion. Given to Mrs. Hargreaves by [?president of Columbia University] for her 80th birthday when she was in NY to celebrate the centenary of Dodgson's birth in 1932. This appears, with several other items, in the Caryl Hargreaves (Sotheby) sale, 22 July 1935, lot 198"--Cf. Houghton checklist.
Description
1 figurine
Provenance
Alice Liddell Hargreaves; Caryl Hargreaves; from the Arthur A. Houghton, Jr., Lewis Carroll Collection.
Summary
Sleeping ginger cat on brocade cushion (31 x 37 cm).
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