| One of the most favorite subjects for the
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| | Madame de Pompadour, produced in
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| craftsman in porcelain and earthenware
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| | Vincennes around 1750. It is felt that
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| has been toy dogs in particular. In
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| | this piece if almost certainly a Maltese.
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| Chinese work it has been hard to
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| | The little Maltese is now a rare
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| distinguish between the lion and the dog.
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| | collector's piece.
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| The lion-dog and the dog-lion share a lot
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| | The toy spaniel is another breed of toy
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| of Chinese myth. The dogs of Fo during
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| | dog that has been a favorite of the
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| the reign of K'ang Hsi were dogs,
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| | pottery modeler over the centuries. At
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| however, and not lions. In the city of
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| | one time most all households had a
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| Peking in 1680 the Emperor K'ang His set
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| | representation in pottery of their pet
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| up an imperial kiln. At that time it was
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| | dog, or even a pair of dogs, sitting on
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| possible there were a million people
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| | their mantelpiece. Most of these were
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| working porcelain at 3,000 kilns. This
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| | most likely toy spaniels, almost
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| production situation has never been
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| | certainly Cavalier King Charles spaniels.
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| matched.
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| | They were produced by the thousands, but
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| Dogs of Fo, also sometimes called
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| | do have a great charm. The details of the
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| guardian lions, are found frequently,
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| | face were hand-painted and each one was
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| generally in pairs and usually with the
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| | slightly different. Younger people did
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| male playing with the traditional woven
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| | most of the color work on these pieces,
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| ball and the female with one of her cubs.
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| | which gave the pieces an air of enjoyment
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| Dogs of Fo were made in huge quantities
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| | and youth in keeping with the whole
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| between the years of 1662 and 1722. They
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| | character of toy dogs in general.
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| were without doubt small dogs of the
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| | In the years of 1820 to 1850 the majority
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| Pekingese type. It has often been said
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| | of these pieces was sold at country fairs
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| that it is very doubtful the Chinese ever
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| | and was surprisingly high quality. By
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| saw a real lion during this time they
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| | early Victorian times almost all cottages
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| referred to these animals as being
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| | had pottery figures and the dog, which
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| lion-like, and that it is much more
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| | was so much a part of the life of country
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| likely the Dogs of Fo, even though they
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| | people, it was just a natural choice to
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| had somewhat of a lion look, were
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| | become a popular subject for pottery
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| actually dogs and not lions.
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| | makers. Many pottery makers made dogs,
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| Pugs in pottery are seen even more
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| | but it was Staffordshire potteries that
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| frequently than the Pekingese type of the
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| | produced them the thousands.
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| Dogs of Fo. A pottery artist named
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| | Almost every breed was modeled at some or
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| Kaendler, who created works at the
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| | another and no two are ever absolutely
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| Meissen factory used Pugs often.
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| | identical due to each potter and
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| In the eighteenth-century Staffordshire
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| | painter's slightly different style. They
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| potters began to produce models of Pugs.
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| | all did have some common features. They
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| Their early efforts were not all that
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| | were almost usually all white with spots
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| nice as representations of the pugs.
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| | and patches of red or gold on ears and
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| These pieces of pottery are becoming more
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| | body. They usually had a padlock hanging
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| and more valuable; however, they do not
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| | from the collar and a chain slung across
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| look like the typical specimen of the
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| | the brisket and over the back, most often
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| Pug. They are pot-bellied, long in the
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| | in gold.
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| leg and have peculiar expressions.
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| | What do all these pottery pieces of dogs
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| The French sculptor, Francois Roubiliac,
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| | tell us? They tell us not so much about
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| created a piece that looked much more
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| | how the dogs looked at the time, but more
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| like the Pug. The head looks like a Pug.
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| | that toy dogs in particular, enjoyed a
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| The tail may not be just right and the
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| | lot of popularity in the early nineteenth
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| legs are still rather long, but this was
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| | century. Dogs, particularly the toy dogs,
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| quite an improvement from what had been
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| | were as much a family member then as they
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| created earlier. It could also be that
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| | are now, and probably even more now than
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| the models of Pugs did have longer legs.
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| | then. The pet and pet care industry is
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| Sculptors are still creating Pugs today
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| | one of the most lucrative businesses
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| and as time goes on, the pieces continue
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| | there is in the year of 2006.
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| to look more and more like a real Pug.
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| One of the most interesting little dogs
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| | resource box.
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| portrayed in porcelain was the dog of
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