Staffordshire dogs

I just love Staffordshire figurines..especially dogs. How about you?? I dont even have a dog but i fell in love with these years ago..you know, the King Charles Spaniels..some black, some white…you’ve seen them in magazines and homes stacked inside of primitive pine cupboards sticking their noses around huge transferware platters and majolica. The epitome of the English country look.
{forgive my bookshelf..a little stuffed..not styled for this photo but i wanted to share..you can see i also like the little vintage dime store dogs too!}

Of course, an original pair of these little doggies could cost around 12K i discovered..,but lucky for us reproductions have been being made for hundreds of years. not so lucky for museums and collectors, it can be very difficult to discern the difference between an 18th centry original and a 19th century copy..

I love this set with Queen Victoria’s children..and the greyhound, oh how i love the greyhounds!

I have a pair that are new, but say Staffordshire and England on the bottom..allegedly they were made from the original molds…they were very reasonably priced and are great looking…my little white set were my grandmas and i think they were 1930s reprods? not really sure…i have also seen copies at Garden ridge years ago (pretty bad..i can say that because i bought a pair and then sold them later in a garage sale)…

{image from HSN}

Most recently Carleton Varney (yes of Dorothy Draper) is selling reproductions of this Staffordshire classic on HSN!!!!!!! yep, home shopping network..they are $25 for a pair…interesting huh?

{image from Dorothy Draper}

whatcha think?? beware though, the HSN reviews said the white is actually beigey and sort of dark??

so there you go, staffordshire for any budget!