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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kentworld, post: 10247497, member: 35&quot;]<a href="https://susansilverantiques.com/product/pair-staffordshire-tabby-cats-circa/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://susansilverantiques.com/product/pair-staffordshire-tabby-cats-circa/" rel="nofollow">https://susansilverantiques.com/product/pair-staffordshire-tabby-cats-circa/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://charliebordewich.com/products/gorgeous-pair-rare-staffordshire-cats" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://charliebordewich.com/products/gorgeous-pair-rare-staffordshire-cats" rel="nofollow">https://charliebordewich.com/products/gorgeous-pair-rare-staffordshire-cats</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve posted a couple of links to pairs of Staffordshire cats.&nbsp; I searched on Google images for ones with bases like yours.&nbsp; I *think* they are genuine.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are several points to bear in mind when looking at Staffordshire cats:</p><p>1)They are much rarer that Staffordshire dogs.</p><p>2)A pair is even rarer.</p><p>3)Staffordshire figures -- cats included -- have been reproduced for a very long time.&nbsp; Many reproductions are also antique.</p><p>4)Note the rather indistinct molding of your cats -- particularly the feet.&nbsp; </p><p>5)Note the base -- all the cracking in the glaze and the brown rim point to Chinese/Southeast Asian production.</p><p>6)Note the style of green and pink paint applied to your pair and that of the figures in the links.</p><p><br /></p><p>These points would make me pause if I was thinking of purchasing them as antiques.&nbsp; Exactly how old they are, I don&#039;t know, but guessing they would be 20th c.&nbsp; Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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