Nightlight in the form of a cat
Also titled Nachtlichtje in de vorm van een kat
c. 1760 - c. 1770
- Medium
- glaze, email, porcelain
- Classification
- figure
- Dimensions
- height 11 cm x width 17 cm x depth 12.5 cm x weight 531 g
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
When a candle is placed inside the porcelain cat, the light shines through its eyes. The small lamp was intended for children who were afraid of the dark, but was also used to scare off rats. It comes from the collection assembled by the 18th-century Hague Sinologist Jean Theodore Royer.
