Antique 19thC Pair of Staffordshire Whippets Greyhounds Hunting Dog Figures 1860 Recently Added the Salon d'Automne

the Salon d'Automne

4" tall X 3" wide X 0

and sell them to residents and visitors that shared the space with him for a time as a one meter square gallery

and in 1888 he traveled to California and visited the studios of William Keith and Thomas Hill

Antique 19thC Pair of Staffordshire Whippets Greyhounds Hunting Dog Figures 1860 Recently Added the Salon d'AutomneAn attractive and large pair of antique 19th century Staffordshire pottery whippets or greyhounds, circa 1860. This very attractive pair of Staffordshire dogs are most likely representing dogs from the ancient hunting technique of "coursing", where dogs would be used to chase and catch hares or rabbits. This pair of figures depict such dogs: one with a hare in its mouth the other with a captured hare to the ground, each dog stands on a naturalistic