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A Parian / biscuit ware model of a recumbent King Charles Cavalier Spaniel seated on a cushion. A Parian / biscuit ware model of a recumbent King Charles Cavalier Spaniel seated on a cushion.
Note the Spaniel on a cushion would have been inspired by the depiction of Dash, Queen Victoria's beloved Cavalier from Sir Edwin Landseer's 1837-1838 famous painting "His majesty's favourite dogs and parrot", also known as "Hector, Nero and Dash with the parrot, Lory", which can today be can be seen in the Royal Collection.
For a similar model please see 'Dogs in English Porcelain of the 19th Century' by Dennis G Rice, published Antique Collectors Club 2002.
English, circa 1850-70
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King Charles Cavalier Spaniel |
Yr: 1850 |
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King Charles Cavalier Spaniel bronze sculpture Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796-1875) A bronze of a pair of King Charles Cavalier Spaniels seated on a tassled cushion by Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796- 1875).
It was made as a "presse-papiers" and exhibited at the goldsmith Fauconnier. For another example see the collection of the Walter Art Collection in Baltimore Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum. There is also an example owned by the Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Club of America, that is given annually to the "Best in Show" recipient. Illustrated in "Barye: Catalogue Raisonn" des Sculptures (Gallimard, 2000), by Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme.
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King Charles Cavalier Spaniel |
Artist: Antoine-Louis Bayre |
Yr: 1850 |
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A "Black Forest" ivory carved deer letter opener A "Black Forest" ivory carved Italian Greyhound / Whippet running through forest setting. Stained detailing.
Such carvings were from German workshop of the Graf von Erbach-Erbach in Odenwald, and the Kehrer family at Erbach, Ernst (working 1830-40) and his son Edouard (1812-63). They were made from around 1830 to 1860.
German, circa 1860.
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Whippet |
Yr: 1860 |
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