An antique pair of chestnut Staffordshire mantle dogs trug Add it to your blue

Add it to your blue and white collection - a really useful size and very decorative

Maker's mark on bases

or be a rather lovely vintage gift - if you could bear to part with it

made in the 1950s

This piece has some wear as it is vintage so please inspect the images which form part of the description

An antique pair of chestnut Staffordshire mantle dogs trug Add it to your blueThis antique pair of Staffordshire mantle dogs is chestnut and beautifully coloured with glass eyes! Increasingly rare, they date from circa. 1890. More information: Staffordshire dogs with glass eyes typically date from the mid 19th century, with many examples from the period 18601890. This style became popular around 1860 and was more common on pieces from this era than on later versions. Dimensions: height 28cm, width 17cm, depth (front to back) 9.