Lot 114 , Four Staffordshire porcelain figures of three recumbent greyhounds and a poodle, c.1835-50, L. 9 - 9.5cm
Four Staffordshire porcelain figures of three recumbent greyhounds and a poodle, c.1835-50, L. 9 - 9.5cm
Estimate £60-80
Provenance - The Dennis G. Rice collection of English porcelain animals of the 19th century
cf. Dennis G. Rice, Dogs In English Porcelain of the 19th century, colour plates 18 and 96.
One of the pair has a hairline crack to base. Poodle has minor losses to shredded clay. All have firing cracks and wear to gilding
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Sold for £170