A Whieldon creamware model of a pug dog c.1755-65

A Whieldon creamware model of a pug dog c.1755-65, seated with head turned to sinister, with short curled tail, and wearing a studded collar, the body splashed with manganese and faint traces of green, the low base with blue, some restoration to the base, 8cm high.

Paper label for the Carter Collection.

Cf. Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware Figures 1740-1840, p.47 for a near identical example, which is noted as matching exactly the moulding of a fragment found on the site of Thomas Whieldon's factory at Fenton Vivian.