Pair of hunting dogs
Country pursuits were a big part of Victorian life both for the country squire and those who simply lived in the countryside and worked on the land.
The country squire would have shot gamebirds for pleasure and eating and he would have owned fine hunting dogs both to seek out the birds and retrieve them when shot, so they could be taken home for the table.
These 9-inch tall fine figures are of hunting dogs, either Salukis or Irish setters, with dead pheasants at their feet.
More Figures of the month
Sir William John Codrington
This is a rare figure of Sir William John Codrington. He was a British army officer who eventually became a general and then Commander in Chief of British forces in the Crimean War.
Tam O’Shanter and Souter Johnny
This is a rare pair of early figures of Tam O’Shanter and Souter Johnny, characters in the Robert Burns play “Tam O’Shanter”, written in 1790.
A pair of giraffes
This is a fine pair of Staffordshire giraffes, seated below palm trees, each approximately 5 ½” tall. These figures are very rare, dating to approximately 1850.
Old Age
This is a fine pair of early Staffordshire figures portraying “Old Age”. They stand about 8 ¾” tall and date to about 1820.
A pair of pointers
This is a rare pair of Staffordshire foxhounds, pointers, or game dogs. Whatever one decides to call them, they are an unusual and very fine pair.
Reverand Edward Meyrick Goulburn
This is a rare Staffordshire figure of the Reverand Edward Goulburn, standing approximately 11 1/2” tall and dating to about 1860.
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