An Early 20thC French Naïve Dachshund / Sausage Toy Dog c.1920

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An Early 20thC French Naïve Dachshund / Sausage Toy Dog c.1920Origin: French Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 Height: 8. 5 Width: 15 Depth: 4 (all at extremities) The hessian or sack cloth type childs toy as a sausage dog, being straw filled, the squat elongated body with stubby legs, large floppy ears and nave black stitched eyes with pronounced snout, survives from the first quarter of the twentieth century provincial France. Remaining in sound overall condition, his legs give way a little

As such it is a mixture of different influences and proves unusual

or fireside irons without so much of a moan

from around 1850 onwards

The chipping to the gilt is mainly to the more protruding parts but in general its imperfect condition is part of its appeal and there isn’t any major issue which one notices more than any other

75” (at extremities)

There are a few chips to the paint to the face though the mechanism is still in operable order and the costume is in pretty fine fettle

`Weel done

Thomas Howard

Beautifully executed

with associated gilded moulded frame (if required)

This was likely to have stood next to the washstand with the barbers dressing mirror

England and surviving from the mid-Victorian period

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