CIRCA 1760

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A RARE EXPORT MODEL OF A SEATED SPANIEL
CIRCA 1760
Modelled looking slightly to the left with its mouth open to reveal the tongue and bushy tail swept to one side, wearing a pale green enamel collar suspending a bell, the body primarily iron-red with realistic hair markings and the chest and underside remaining white, minute extremity chips
6¾ in. (17 cm.) high

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

Lot Essay

A pair of similar spaniels, but enamelled in brown enamel in place of the iron-red in the present lot, is illustrated by W. R. Sargent, The Copeland Collection, Salem, 1991, p. 186, no. 89. See also the grisaille-decorated seated spaniels in the Hodroff Collection, illustrated by D. Howard, The Choice of the Private Trader, London, 1994, p. 275, no. 332, where the author suggests that earlier models of this form had the mouth open and tongue showing, as in the present lot, "but the mouth was later closed so that the additional work in inserting the tongue was not necessary". A related pair of iron-red spaniels with white patches was sold in these Rooms, 11 November 2003, lot 158.

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