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            Oh!  Poor Lucky!  She doesn’t seem to understand as she mewls piteously after it, that birds generally don’t like to play with cats, and that usually when cats do play with birds, the bird ends up worse off for it.  Never mind sweet Lucky, I think it’s time for something to eat, and I know that you never so say no to a decent meal.  This is Lucky.  She is a very demanding black cat, and she is always mewing for something… loudly!  However, I love her so much that with a face like hers, I can refuse her nothing!

The theme for "Looking Close on Friday" for the 24th of May is "cats in black & white".  Luckily, this includes felines of the non-real variety, as I have no real animal pets of my own, which is too long and painful a story to go into as to why.  I have always loved black cats, and when the theme was announced, Lucky was my immediate thought.  Lucky is the lucky Royal Doulton black cat with a white face.  She was designed by Charles Noke and was issued between 1932 and 1975.  My Lucky is from the pre-war 1932 – 1936 period looking at her green backstamp.  I have photographed her against a piece of art paper featuring a print of birds either in a cage or flying free.  I have opted for the latter, which I think works quite nicely, and adds a bit of interest to my storytelling shot.  I hope that you like my choice for this week’s theme, and that it makes you smile!

Royal Doulton is an English ceramic manufacturing company dating from 1815. Operating originally in Vauxhall, London, later moving to Lambeth, in 1882 it opened a factory in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, in the centre of English pottery.  From the start the backbone of the business was a wide range of utilitarian wares, mostly stonewares including storage jars, tankards and the like, and later extending to pipes for drains, lavatories and other bathroom ceramics.  From 1853 to 1902 its wares were marked Doulton & Co., then from 1902, when a royal warrant was given, Royal Doulton.  It always made some more decorative wares, initially still mostly stoneware, and from the 1860s the firm made considerable efforts to get a reputation for design, in which it was largely successful, as one of the first British makers of art pottery.  Initially this was done through artistic stonewares made in Lambeth, but in 1882 the firm bought a Burslem factory, which was mainly intended for making bone china tablewares and decorative items. It was a latecomer in this market compared to firms such as Royal Crown Derby, Royal Worcester, Wedgwood, Spode and Mintons, but made a place for itself in the later 19th century. Today Royal Doulton mainly produces tableware and figurines, but also cookware, glassware, and other home accessories such as linens, curtains and lighting.  Three of its brands were Royal Doulton, Royal Albert and (after a post-WWII merger) Mintons.  Royal Doulton is one of the last great British bone china manufacturers still in existence.

Taken on: May 10, 2024

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Camera:	Canon DIGITAL IXUS 80 IS
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Exposure Time:	0.02 sec (1/50)
Focal Length:	6.2mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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