Pair Staffordshire spaniels with hare inkwells

Victorian, circa 1860. 3.5ins high, 4.5ins wide, 2.9ins depth. Staffordshire inkwell which features a spaniel with hare, recumbent on a rococo base.

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

Book reference not found.

Condition

CONDITION: Right facing: Good. No restoration.

Some paint losses to the hare.

Gilt almost entirely rubbed away.

KILN EFFECTS: flecks of stray coloured glaze.

Left facing: Generally good.

Some paint losses to the hare.

Gilt almost entirely rubbed away.

KILN EFFECTS: small shrinkage crack to spaniel's tail;

flecks of stray coloured glaze;

a speck of kiln detritus caught in the glaze to the spaniel's body.

RESTORATION: both front paws remodelled.