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Doorstop, Poodle

Medium: Stoneware
Place Made: USA
Dates: 19th century
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 7 x 4 3/8 in. (23.5 x 17.8 x 11.1 cm)
Collections: Decorative Arts
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 43.128.23
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur W. Clement
Image: Overall, 43.128.23.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

Catalogue 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.

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