Staffordshire Dalmatian Spotted Dog

A Staffordshire figure of a Dalmation Spotted Dog, with charming, nearly uniform spots, and supported by a wooden stump. This dog is in very good condition. A splendid example of a less common, early, Staffordshire figure.

About the Date of Manufacture

This antique was produced circa 1840-1860.

About Staffordshire Pottery

Middle class Victorians loved clutter. On every table stood figures, animals, vases, and other ornaments produced by the Staffordshire potteries.

A combination of the right clays, inventive potters such as Josiah Wedgwood and available labour made the Staffordshire district the centre of the china industry. Many small forgotten factories as well as the giants such as Spode, Wedgwood, Adams, clustered in the towns of Burslem, Cobridge, Fenton, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall, now incorporated in the present day town of Stoke-on-Trent.

England’s Industrial Revolution coincided almost exactly with the start of Queen Victoria's reign in 1837, creating wealth from industry. The new middle classes were eager to emulate their betters by decorating their homes with objects similar to costly Meissen and Chelsea figures, and Staffordshire potters obliged by turning out painted and glazed pottery sheep, dogs, cattle and more exotic animals such as zebra and elephants. Figures of gods and goddesses, examples drawn from literature, famous political and military men and above all, representations of royalty, all found homes in England and America.

Earlier examples of Staffordshire figures were often leaning against a stump or some sort of support to eliminate sagging during the firing process. This Dalmation Spotted Dog is leaning against a stump and therefore is clearly an early example of Staffordshire pottery.

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