Pair Staffordshire whippets with rabbit

Victorian, circa 1870. Tallest is 8.7ins high, 5.1ins wide, 3.1ins depth. Pair of Staffordshire figures which feature a whippet with a hare, seated on an oval base. Multi-coloured version. Bright gilt base line and embellishment.









Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.



Vent hole to the underside.



Book reference,'Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835-1875' Book 2, by A.& N. Harding, page 204, figure 2617/2618.

Condition

Right facing: Generally good. Small flake to top lip.



Some rubbing to gilt.





KILN EFFECTS: touch mark to the whippet's back, muzzle and hare's neck;







piece of kiln detritus caught in the glaze to whippet's hind right leg.



RESTORATION: Filled chip to his left ear,



his right ear remodelled.



Filled chip to lower base edge.



Retouched flake to muzzle.



Left facing: Good. No restoration. Some rubbing to gilt.





KILN EFFECTS: shrinkage line to the whippet's back and down chest;





glaze miss to the front of the base;



flecks of stray coloured glaze throughout;





touch mark to the whippet's back.


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