# Nightlight in the form of a cat

- By: anonymous
- Date: 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](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/AK-NM-6520--2447e1d75a4c2ccd992c960041ad96b0)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/uTrAQ/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Tweens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.