red & white 2 sep leg pair desc

British European and Staffordshire Pottery

Pieces of History

Price: £470

A Fine Pair of Staffordshire Pottery Red & White Spaniel Dogs with two separately moulded legs. The two front feet are separately moulded as are the back paw & tail. The body of the dogs is a fine white earthenware; on occasion this mould is found in soft paste porcelain. The dogs are decorated with best (fired) gold gilded decoration to padlock & collar. The appealing eyes, mouth and nose are carefully painted in black, yellow, red and pink overglaze enamel colours. The body is decorated with finely feathered rust/red patches. The dogs have very good painted & moulded detail. Date of manufacture would be circa 1850 (ref.1& 2).

· Dimensions: 14cm (5 ½") tall, 11cm (4") wide and 7.5cm (3") deep.

· Weight: each dog is approx. 400g. Total packaged weight is ~ 1.5 – 2 kg.

· Overall Condition: Excellent.

· Repair/Restoration/Conservation: None.

· Chips/Dents: Small chip to tail at base of one dog (see images).

· Cracks: Two glazed firing cracks (not impact damage) see images.

· Other notes: An unusual & fine pair of spaniels of excellent quality.

If you have any questions or require images that I have not displayed (other angles, close ups etc.) please feel free to e-mail me.

Ref. 1. A-Z of Staffordshire Dogs, A Potted History – Clive Mason Pope – ACC Publishing 1990. Similar mould & decoration Figure 47, page 99.

Ref 2. A&N Harding’s Victorian Staffordshire figures Book 2. Pair shown 2480/2481 p.183. Book price guide £500 – 1000 for pair.

Item number: 000006