120. Dogs - Staffordshire Figures, 1780-1840: Supplementary Archive

120. Dogs

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Enamel-painted Figures

120.19a. Courtesy Hansons.

120.22a. Courtesy Hansons.

120.28a. Companion model to 120.28 but with a different bocage and from a different pot bank. Courtesy David Boyer.

120.50a. Probably the companion to the spaniel shown in 120.50. Courtesy David Boyer.

120.57a. Courtesy Stair Auctions.

120.59a. Attributed to "Sherratt". Like 120.59 but untitled and with a different bocage. (c) Woolley and Wallis Salerooms.

120.60a. Like 120.60, this group is attributed to "Sherratt." The model is known only from these two examples, each of which sports a different typical "Sherratt" bocage.

120.61a. Attributed to "Sherratt." The dog on the left is from the same molds as the dog in 120.61.

120.62a. Like 120.62 but a pair. These are large figures. Courtesy Mears & Boyer.

120.66a. The companion to 120.66. The interior of the stump is a shallow cavity, closed at the bottom and fashioned to hold a bocage. It could not have held spills. Courtesy eBay seller fern-garden.

120.70a. Courtesy Philip Carrol.

120.72a. Like 120.72 but on a different base. The body is porcelainous. Courtesy Aurea Carter.

120.70a. Like 120.70 but with different ears. Perhaps one or other dog has restored ears. Courtesy Pook & Pook.

120.76a. Courtesy Andrew Dando.

120.76B. Reverse of 120.76a. Courtesy Andrew Dando.

120.86. See chapter 127 in Vol. 3 for watchstands with lions perched on them in the same style.

120.88. Grey hounds made by Copeland & Garrett, c. 1835. Length 11". Courtesy Nick Burton .

120.89. Copeland & Garrett mark on previously shown greyhounds. Courtesy Nick Burton.

120.90. Attributed to John Dale. Courtesy Potomac Auction Gallery.

120.91. Bocage lost. Courtesy Andrew Dando.

120.92. Feet replaced. Courtesy John Howard.

120.93. Courtesy Andrew Dando.

120.94. This large dog measures 22cms. Cats of the same scale can be seen in Volume 3. Courtesy Lawrences.

120.95. Courtesy Potomack Company.

120.96. Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

120.96. Courtesy Sotheby's.

120.97. This setter is 17.1 inches wide! It is the only known example, but a companion pooch is recorded painted in enamels, as is one that is undecorated. Courtesy Sotheby's.

120.98. Incised "1794" and "M" on the dial. Courtesy Polka Dot Antiques.

120.99. courtesy Martyn Edgell.

120.100. Impressed NEALE & Co. Made by James Neale circa 1780 and thus one of the earliest enamel-painted figures. Known from only this example. Courtesy Lacey, Scott & Knight.

Figures Decorated with Underglaze Colors or with Colored Glazes

Courtesy A. H. WIlkens.

A whistle in colored glazes. (c) Sotheby's, 19 Nov 2002, lot 24.

Decorated in colored glazes and probably made by Ralph Wood. The model was later made with enamel colors, perhaps by Enoch Wood. See 120.34.

Probably made by Ralph Wood. Formerly in the Frank Partridge Collection and known from only this example. Courtesy John Howard.

Dog decorated in colored glazes and impressed "R. WOOD". Made by Ralph Wood. See mark next. Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

Impressed mark on the dog shown in the previous image.

Courtesy Northeast Auctions

THis appears to be a patch box, with a removable lid. (c) Bonhams

This serves as an inkwell, and there is a hole atop the dog to make this possible.

A whistle. Courtesy A. H. Wilkens.

I think the left dog is enamels, the right one in underglaze colors.

Unusual dog model, probably made in Scotland or NE England. Courtesy John Howard Antiques.

Impressed "TITTENSOR>" (c) Skinner.

This lion-like animal is probably a dog because it has a long bushy tail. Courtesy Bob Moores.

Courtesy Andrew Dando.

Courtesy Martyn Edgell.

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans

Courtesy Jeffrey Evans

Stoneware. Courtesy Jeffrey Evans

Courtesy the National Museum of Scotland.

Measures 16" across. Courtesy Sotheby's, NY.

Courtesy eBay seller katja2.

Courtesy Woolley & Wallis.