Accession # | 43.128.23 |
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Title | Doorstop, Poodle |
Date | 19th century |
Medium | Stoneware |
Dimensions | 9 1/4 x 7 x 4 3/8 in. (23.5 x 17.8 x 11.1 cm) |
Credit Line | Gift of Arthur W. Clement |
Location | Visible Storage: Case 36, Shelf B (Ceramics) |
Description | Salt-glazed stoneware doorstop, gray ground with blue glaze accents, molded into shape of seated poodle with body in profile and head turned frontally. Tail, head, ears, and ruff around neck and shoulders covered with thick, applied coleslaw decoration (textured to resemble wooly fur), glazed in blue. Dog wears leash and collar with oval tag. CONDITION: Good; white spots around edge of ruff, on ears, on tail, and between front paws. |