A sitting proud 1970s-1980s studio pottery cat figurine, by Poole Pottery...
These Siamese-style cat figurines are beautiful and vary with glaze, size and left or right facing (like book ends). This fellow is the left hand one and is in the classic dark teal blue/grey glaze. It's like a dark dusky petrol blue colour. The glaze is smooth and glossy and fluid and slightly iridescent. He has blacker features/details and is stamped to the base with the Poole logo (feint). The clay is a white fine clay like a porcelain. He would have been hand moulded then hand decorated - the maker's marks are to the base (an incised J and a NY signature). I believe the range was designed by Barbara Linley-Adams and dates from 1970-1983 (ish).
17cm tall x 9cm x 5.5cm. Very good condition with no chips, some natural spotting to the iridescent glaze, see photo 2.
Price includes P&P to the UK.