Beswick cat number 11 ?

[chonji]

Hi all,

More stuff surfacing from the depths of the house, I am interested to know anything about the number on the base of this cat, I can't seem to find any reference to a 'number 11' for Beswick, would this be something to do with the edition of the model type perhaps?

The style of the cat seems similar to a 1886 or so but it is subtley different and perhaps looks more like a kitten .. to me anyway!

[mart]

Usually you will find that the numbers indicate the style of the item !!  They may have made several types of cats or kittens with different looks !!  When a retailer orders from the company its much easier to say" send me a case of number 11" rather than say "I want a case of the kittens sitting looking upward" or whatever !!  Its just a way to designate that particular cat or kitten rather than say,, a number 12 which may be a black kitten that doesn`t sell so well !!

[chonji]

Right, but my confusion is, why do all the other references i seem to see for Beswick cats similar to this call them '1886' etc, I suppose am just wondering if this model has a dfifferent identifying number, in terms of its model, like it may be an 18880 or something, and wondered if the 11 would hold any clue.

[mfrog]

That would be the decorators mark, the person who painted the face.

[mart]

Everywhere I have read indicated that this is a style or model number !!  They did change the number system in 1969 so perhaps the numbers you found are later editions of a similar cat !!  Yours could possibly be the early version !! They made so many figurines that its possible they have repeated some of the best selling ones over the years !!