Unknown American
Figure of a Spaniel

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Maker Unknown American

CultureAmerican

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Figure of a Spaniel

Datec. 1850–1880

Possible placeEast Liverpool, Ohio, United States

MediumLead-glazed earthenware (Rockingham ware)

Dimensions10 3/8 × 10 7/8 × 8 3/4 in. (26.4 × 27.6 × 22.2 cm)

Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of Miss Ima Hogg

Object numberB.70.34

Current Location

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens

Folk Art Room

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Bayou Bend

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CERAMICS

Description

Related examples: Spargo 1926, pl. 28; one in the collection of John Ramsay made by Knowles, Taylor & Knowles of East Liverpool, Ohio (Antiques 49 [January 1946], p. 44); another on the cover 2 Day Antiques Auction: Early American Furniture and Accessories, Garth’s Auctions, Delaware, Ohio, Auctions 11 and 12, April 22–23,1994, lot 5.

Book excerpt: David B. Warren, Michael K. Brown, Elizabeth Ann Coleman, and Emily Ballew Neff. American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection. Houston: Princeton Univ. Press, 1998.

Provenance[Ginsburg & Levy, New York]; purchased by Miss Ima Hogg; given to MFAH, 1970.
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