Animal Figurine

Region Staffordshire (English, founded c. 1700)

Mediumearthenware

Dimensions11 1/2 x 9 1/2 x 3 3/8 inches (29.2 x 24.1 x 8.6 cm)

Credit LineGift of Nelda C. Stark, 1981

Object number41.35.27

ClassificationsSculptures

DescriptionElongated oval base; white crackled glazed ground; five applied tufts green grass; standing rust colored whippet with hare in mouth; gold lustre band on whippet neck and around base.

ProvenanceProbably W.H. Stark [1851-1936] and Miriam Lutcher Stark [Mrs. W.H. Stark, 1859-1936]; by inheritance to their son H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; by inheritance to his wife Nelda C. Stark [1909-1999]; gifted March 5, 1981 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to The W.H. Stark House

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