Pair Staffordshire recumbent white & gilt spaniels

Victorian, circa 1880. Tallest is 6.3ins high, 9.4ins wide, 4.9ins depth. Pair of Staffordshire figures which feature a spaniel, recumbent directly on the ground, no base.

White and gilt version. Dull gilt embellishment. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.

Vent hole to the reverse.

Condition

CONDITION: Right facing: Good. No restoration.

Gilt almost entirely rubbed away.

KILN EFFECTS: touch marks to reverse and front left leg;

shrinkage crack along the mold join to spaniel's back,

to top of front left leg,

and the underside.

Left facing: Generally good. No restoration.

Gilt almost entirely rubbed away.

KILN EFFECTS: kiln grit caught in the glaze next to locket;

notable crazing;

shrinkage crack along the mold join to spaniel's back,

and the underside;

kiln detritus caught in the glaze to right ear.

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