Doorstop, Poodle
Decorative Arts and Design
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Stoneware
DATES
19th century
DIMENSIONS
9 1/4 x 7 x 4 3/8 in. (23.5 x 17.8 x 11.1 cm) (show scale)
COLLECTIONS
Decorative Arts and Design
ACCESSION NUMBER
43.128.23
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Arthur W. Clement
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.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Doorstop, Poodle, 19th century. Stoneware, 9 1/4 x 7 x 4 3/8 in. (23.5 x 17.8 x 11.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Arthur W. Clement, 43.128.23. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 43.128.23.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 43.128.23.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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