LATE 18TH CENTURY

A related pair of paper-weights modelled as poodles resting on beaded oval white marble bases, formerly in the collection of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild, is at Waddesdon Manor (ill. G. de Bellaigue, The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes, vol. II, London, 1974, p.785, fig.213).