Large pair Staffordshire recumbent whippets with hares

Victorian, circa 1860. Tallest is 8.1ins high, 10.6ins wide, 4.1ins depth.

Pair of Staffordshire figures with a hunting theme which feature a whippet with a dead hare, recumbent on a shaped base.



Dull gilt base line and embellishment. Decorated 'in the round' - decoration to front and reverse.



Vent hole to the underside.

Condition

Right facing: Good. No restoration. Two hairlines to underside.



Small flake to left front paw and right ear.





Paint loss to right eye.



Slight rubbing to gilt.



KILN EFFECTS: kiln soot caught in the glaze to the muzzle;



shrinkage crack to the right hind paw;



craze line to the whippet's neck.



Right facing: Good. No restoration. Small flake to muzzle.



Minor paint loss to right eye.



Slight rubbing to gilt.



KILN EFFECTS: notable crazing;



craze line to the whippet's neck.



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