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<p>[QUOTE="ValerieK, post: 4382488, member: 7360"]This is a pretty (but damaged) white cat figurine, I think it is porcelain but I'm not quite sure. The base looks like a kind common in the 19th century. When I first saw it in a job lot I thought, "Nice model, what a shame about the hole in its head", before realising that the hole was intentional, I think maybe for spills to light the fire. Usually antique spill vases have figurines with containers attached to them rather than holes in their heads, so I could be wrong. I thought it might be a toothbrush holder, but if drips got inside it, the figurine would be very difficult to clean. The cat is nicely moulded. One corner of the base has a badly glued repair to one corner, but I hope that it can be improved by taking apart and regluing. I wonder if at one time there was a glue which was clear when first used but grew dark later on, so unwiped glue became very obvious. What do you think of this?[ATTACH=full]367877[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]367878[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]367879[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]367880[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ValerieK, post: 4382488, member: 7360"]This is a pretty (but damaged) white cat figurine, I think it is porcelain but I'm not quite sure. The base looks like a kind common in the 19th century. When I first saw it in a job lot I thought, "Nice model, what a shame about the hole in its head", before realising that the hole was intentional, I think maybe for spills to light the fire. Usually antique spill vases have figurines with containers attached to them rather than holes in their heads, so I could be wrong. I thought it might be a toothbrush holder, but if drips got inside it, the figurine would be very difficult to clean. The cat is nicely moulded. One corner of the base has a badly glued repair to one corner, but I hope that it can be improved by taking apart and regluing. I wonder if at one time there was a glue which was clear when first used but grew dark later on, so unwiped glue became very obvious. What do you think of this?[ATTACH=full]367877[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]367878[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]367879[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]367880[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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