Rare Staffordshire Great Dane with Child Figure

Victorian, circa 1860. 10.8ins high, 6.5ins wide, 4.5ins depth. Staffordshire Pottery group which features a girl hugging a Great Dane, seated on an oval base.

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

Vent hole to the underside.

Book reference ,'A-Z of Staffordshire Dogs, A Potted History', by Clive Mason Pope, page 38, figure 2.

Condition

CONDITION: Good. Slight rubbing to gilt.

KILN EFFECTS: glaze pops to her sash.

RESTORATION. Retouched paint losses to girl's top.

Minor retouched paint losses to shoes, sash, hair, dog's muzzle, eyes and to ground.

 

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