Pair Antique English Staffordshire Glazed Ceramic Spaniels Dogs

Pair of English Regency bronze whippets or greyhounds on verdi antico marble book form bases, after a model by Thomas Weeks. Each dog sculpture is beautifully cast with their individual personalities. 6 inches high 5 wide 5 deep including bases. These whippets are resonant of the early nineteenth-century work of Thomas Weeks (d. 1834) who established a 'Royal Mechanical Museum' or emporium in Tichbourne Street in about 1797. The attractions included various animated animals and insects, ingenious clocks, musical instruments, elaborate temples, toys and other such peculiarities that appealed to the London public in the late 18th and early 19th Century (C. Gilbert, 'Some Weeks cabinets reconsidered', The Connoisseur, May 1971...

Beautifully painted and impressive scale Staffordshire group of a hunter riding back from the hunt with his quarry, a stag draped over the horse. The overall white glaze, except for ...

19th century glazed ceramic depicting a carriage carrying a turbaned figure holding a child, also wearing a turban, drawn by two dogs. A very unusual and quite amusing piece, that, h...

Pair of Chinese Ying Qing (“shadowy blue”) ware porcelain vases with ceremonial urns dating from the 12th century, Song dynasty. These two stunning vases depict the 12 traditional ...

Pair of 19th century Staffordshire spaniel figures with separated front feet. This pair of dogs has wonderful hand painted copper...

This listing features a pair of ceramic Staffordshire Spaniels with gold detailing and glass eyes. These guarding dogs were popular for being placed on top of fireplace mantels, they...

Classic British mantle dogs, authentic to the 19th century. Exceptionally nice large matches pair, circa 1860-1900. Very good condition, no cracks chips or repairs. Showing cracks ...

Pair of 19th century Staffordshire spaniels from England. this is a lovely pair, decorated in copper lustre painting and having se...