Lot 255 , A pair of Staffordshire porcelain figures of recumbent greyhounds and another similar, c.1835-50, 12.2cm long (3)

A pair of Staffordshire porcelain figures of recumbent greyhounds and another similar, c.1835-50, 12.2cm long (3)
Estimate £100-150

Provenance - Dennis G. Rice collection

Cf. Dennis G. Rice, Dogs in English Porcelain, colour plates 16 and 17.

Greyhound on the blue base has crazing throughout, one of the green based dogs has a hairline crack through both back feet, both green based dogs have wear to collars, firing cracks in areas. One of them has chips to the glaze behind one ear which has been restored. All three pieces have typical minor flaws in the manufacture


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Sold for £340