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Dog figure

Dateca. 1760

Artist/Maker Ralph Wood

OriginEngland, Staffordshire

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (creamware / cream-colored earthenware)

DimensionsH: 3 1/4 x 4 1/4

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1963-282

DescriptionFigure of a dog: molded figure of a recumbent dog with small ears, wearing a collar. His head is turned to face the viewer and he rests upon an oval, rocky base. The figure is of creamy white clay with splotches of blue, yellow, manganese, and green and the dog's eyes and nostrils are picked out in manganese. The entire figure is covered in a lead-glaze.
ProvenanceEx coll: C.B. Kidd