A good pair of Staffordshire porcelain models of a cat and kitten

A good pair of Staffordshire porcelain models of a seated tabby cat and a recumbent kitten, each particularly boldly decorated in black and ochre, the oval mound base with a gilt band, 3" high, circa 1835-50, no marks

Provenance; Dennis G Rice Collection
                     Irish Private Collection

See Dennis G Rice, Cats in English Porcelain of the 19th century, colour plate 50, for a single example, with less dramatic painting 

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