Lot 34
  • 34

A small collection of novelty animals, 20th century

Estimate
80 - 120 GBP
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Description

  • ceramic
  • height of doves 17.5cm. high; 7¼in.
comprising a Japanese polychrome decorated hard paste mechanical music maker in the form of two doves, a Staffordshire stoneware poodle, a recumbent glazed ceramic pony and deer, a Japanese ceramic finial in the from of a dog of Fo and a collection of twelve ceramic animals in original packaging, circa 1960s

Condition

A fun group. Staffordshire poodle badly damaged with old repairs, lacking nose/muzzle. Music box slow with a mournful sound. Losses to finial. Ingrained dirt.
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