Lot 161 , A pair of Samuel Alcock porcelain figures of mastiffs and a similar pointer, c.1840-50, L. 14cm and 16cm, slight faults

A pair of Samuel Alcock porcelain figures of mastiffs and a similar pointer, c.1840-50, the mastiffs lying recumbent on yellow rockwork bases, one impressed '305', the pointer trotting beside a tree on a green mound base, impressed '108', L. 14cm and 16cm, slight faults
Estimate £150-200

cf. Dennis G. Rice, Dogs in English Porcelain of the 19th century, colour plates 193 and 198.


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Sold for £300