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Persian Cat Trivia

The Silver Persian was considered, from the outset of the Cat Fancy in both Britain and America, just as it is today, on of the most beautiful colors of all. By 1909, the Silver Persian was recognized as occurring in three distinct colors: The Chinchilla Silver Persian, The Shaded Silver Persian and the Masked Silver Persian. The Chinchilla- Silver was expected to be as pale a silver as possible, with little or no tabby markings or dark shading. The Chinchilla-Silver was required to be totally free of any brown or cream tinges. The first Shaded Persians were almost certainly in Great Britain in the early 1880’s. The best-known of these silver varieties and the most lightly-shaded came to be known as the Chinchilla. The out crossing of the Chinchilla silver in 1909 is what we see today as the Shaded Silver particularly in the United States.

The 1909 version of the Shaded Silver Persian was considered an indispensable color and was much admired for its type, size, wealth of coat and coloring. In 1909 the masked Silver Persian was still considered to be a new variety and few were being bred. Most of the masked silvers that had been shown were considered to be a spoiled smoke Persian. The ideal masked silver Persian should resemble the Siamese cat. The body should be as pale a silver as possible.