Lot Essay
Clive Mason Pope, A-Z of Staffordshire Dogs, A Potted History (Oxford, 1990), p. 127, fig. 2.
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CIRCA 1845
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A spill vase group of an otter-hunter
Circa 1845
The hunter wearing Highland dress, modelled standing with his right hand on his hip, his left hand spear with the captured otter aloft, two hounds at his feet, on rocky mound base applied with grassy tufts (minor restoration and slight crack to underside of base)
16½ in. (41.8 cm.) high
Circa 1845
The hunter wearing Highland dress, modelled standing with his right hand on his hip, his left hand spear with the captured otter aloft, two hounds at his feet, on rocky mound base applied with grassy tufts (minor restoration and slight crack to underside of base)
16½ in. (41.8 cm.) high
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