Rare Wedgwood Ernest Light Black Basalt Cat Figurine With Green Eyes CIRCA 1915

  
EARLY VERSION WITH PLASTER SET GREEN GLASS EYES. ONLY MARKED WEDGWOOD FIRST SERIES. NO FLAKING CRACKS CHIPS JUST SUPERB. A must for any cat or wedgwood collection. A Wedgwood black basalt figure of a cat designed by Ernest Light. In 1914 Ernest light designed a series of figures for Wedgwood. Which were produced in black basalt. They included the cat, a bulldog, a poodle, an elephant and various birds.

The original series all had glass eyes in varying colours. The series were reproduced in the 1930's but this time the eyes were moulded into the figures and the quality was not as good as the originals. This example is from the original series, it is marked "WEDGWOOD", has small, Green glass eyes.