Time Dances By - Pug Figurines

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PP576	MEISSEN’S THREE PLAYFUL PUGS ( Meissen Porcelain Pug Dogs ): This Meissen grouping of three playful pugs represents - in my opinion - Meissen’s finest pug motif figurine. It was modeled in the mid-1700’s by Johann Joachim Kändler, generally acknowledged as the greatest German porcelain modeler of all time. He was the prime Meissen artist from 1733 to 1775. Pugs were a favorite of August the Strong of Saxony (founder of Meissen) and his aristocratic friends. Thus they were also a favorite of Kändler - often appearing at the feet or on the lap of his human figurines. These 3 pugs epitomize the special skill Kändler had for molding animals in action. We can all recognize how realistic the playful positions of these pugs are. The collars are light blue - each with a bow at the back and all bearing the golden bells that add beauty and value to Meissen pug figurines. The Meissen Manufactory, located 25 km from Dresden, escaped the WW II destruction of almost all Dresden porcelain companies, allowing us to continue to appreciate Meissen’s great 18th & 19th Century porcelains. Meissen pugs are made of the finest hard paste porcelain and decorated by some of Germany’s finest porcelain artists. Besides bearing the famous Meissen crossed swords hallmark, impressed in the base is the model "78836" and “27 AK”. The red “2828” probably designates the artist. The 5 digit model number indicates these pugs were made from Kändler’s 18th Century mold since 1972. They are on a grass-covered base. Condition: Excellent. No cracks, chips or repairs. Size: Each pug is 3 1/2" long and 1 3/4" to 2 1/2" high. The base is 6 1/2" long, 4" wide & 7/8" high. Total height - 3 1/2".	ON LAYAWAY!
PP646	KÄMMER BLACK PRINCESS ( Rudolph Kämmer Dresden Style Porcelain Black Pug Dog ): This beautiful female black Dresden Porcelain Pug Dog was made by the Rudolph Kämmer Porcelain Factory of the Thuringia region of Germany. Famous for its porcelain since 1862, Kämmer - along with Meissen, Thieme and Nymphenburg - are the four German porcelain factories making the highest quality hard paste porcelain pugs, hand painted by the finest porcelain artists and using the 18th century style pugs - longer legs and muzzle and cropped ears. My favorite Kämmer Pug features are the large gold bells on the burnt orange collars and the soft brown eyes - just like those of our two pug girls. The Kämmer pugs are less expensive than similar sized Meissen & Thieme Pugs because they are made from post WWII molds, as opposed to the antique molds the others have retained. This lovely lady is a slightly lighter shade of black, but still makes a lovely mate to PP647 listed below. High quality Black Pugs are hard to find. Don’t miss this opportunity. Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks or repairs. Size: 8" high, 8 1/4" long, 4 3/4" deep and 7 large golden bells 5/8” in diameter.	SOLD!
PP647	KÄMMER BLACK PRINCE ( Rudolph Kämmer Dresden Style Porcelain Black Pug Dog ): One rarely sees Antique Black Pugs – probably because there were very few live black pugs until the end of the Victorian era. The pugs made by the Rudolph Kämmer Porcelain Manufactory of Volkstedt, Germany, (originally founded in 1862) are not antiques, nor made from antique molds – as are the Dresden Thieme & Meissen Pugs. This accounts for the lower cost. However, they do have the appearance of antique pugs, are made from the finest German hard paste porcelain, are beautifully molded and decorated and have the largest and loveliest golden bells on their burnt orange collars. This handsome lad is a slightly darker shade of black, but still makes a lovely mate to PP646 listed above. High quality Black Pugs are hard to find. Don’t miss this opportunity. Condition: Excellent. No cracks, chips or repairs. Size: 7 3/4" high, 8 1/2” long, 5” deep and 7 large golden bells 5/8” in diameter.	ON LAYAWAY!
PP639	WORRY, WORRY! ( Vintage Basil Matthews Porcelain Pug Dog ): Basil Matthews was a master in making and hand decorating small porcelain animal figurines – often with a touch of whimsy. Amazingly, each of Matthews’ Pugs has its own expression and says something different to me. This one appears worried – probably afraid she won’t get her next meal. (To me his seated pugs are female and his rare standing pugs are male.) Since his figurines were all hand decorated, no two are exactly alike, so yours will be unique. He started producing his fanciful little figures in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, in 1946. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, along with several other honors. Now deceased (1985), his little beauties have become harder to find and even more valuable. No pug collection is complete without one or more. She has her original felt on the bottom along with the original sticker. Basil’s signature is mainly under the sticker, but I didn’t want to remove it. Condition: Excellent. No chips or cracks. Size: 2 3/4” high, base 2 1/8” by 1 5/8”.	$170.00
PP651	SILLY-WILLY PUG ( Vintage Bisque Porcelain Pug Dog ): This vintage bisque porcelain pug is giving someone the "raspberries". Probably that cat who thinks she runs the house. Our pugs know about that! I like the old pugs that show some personality or a sense of humor. This one is a nicely molded slip cast bisque pug dog, with a fair amount of detail in his face and ruff. He sports a gilt decorated collar with two golden tassels. Usually the gold is worn off these old fellows, but this one has a clear sealant over the gold to preserve it. Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks or repairs. There are several tiny black dots on surface. Size: 4 1/4" tall, 2 3/4" long, 2" deep.	$90.00
PP197	COUCH POTATOES ( Eve Pearce Porcelain Pug Dogs ): “All right, Mr. DeMille, we’re ready for our close-up, except for sleepy head over there. What are we doing on this plush bed and bolster, you ask? Why it is ours, of course! Our owners know how pugs should be treated.” That is roughly how our two pugs, plus two cats, greet us when we are ready for bed. Except they are all spread out on our king sized bed – barely leaving room for us! This is one of Eve’s finest masterpieces. The bed and bolster are covered with pale peach colored roses and greenery, edged with green cording. Notice how realistic the large pleats around the sides are. And the pug’s poses are precious. Pearce’s pugs are made from hard paste porcelain, not from molds, but modeled by hand – so there are no two alike. Yours will always be unique. Eve’s hallmark is on the bottom. There are felt pad strips to prevent scratching. LAYAWAY AVAILABLE. Condition: Excellent. Size: Couch 8” long, 5 1/4" deep, 1 1/2" high. Bolster 3 1/4" long, 1 1/2" in diameter. Pugs 3 1/4" to 4” long. 1 1/2" go 3” high. Total height 4 1/2".	$725.00
PP403	MIGHTY MEISSEN ( Meissen Porcelain Pug Dog ): Part of my love for Meissen Pugs stems from their history. Meissen was the first European Porcelain Company (1710 – present) to figure out the secret of making hard paste porcelain (a technique known to China & Japan for centuries). What makes this really special for pug collectors is the emphasis on pugs made by Meissen in general and Johann Joachim Kaendler, their most famous porcelain artist, in particular. Meissen was commissioned to create an entire series of exquisite porcelain pug figurines to serve as secret emblems for the German underground Freemason lodge know as the "Lodge of the Order of the Pug" – made up of the crème de la crème of the local Saxony aristocracy. The original molds for many of today’s Meissen Pugs were made in the 1700’s. Others were added in the 1800’s. Initially Meissen had little serious competition, so hallmarks were not really important to them. Dresden companies, and others across Europe, unabashedly copied Meissen form, figures and decorations and even used crossed swords trademarks similar to Meissen's. It wasn’t until the mid-1800’s that patent laws were made strong enough to protect hallmarks. Meissen Pugs, as well as other pug figurines of the day, had longer muzzles and legs and clipped ears – popular until Queen Victoria, an early pug lover, outlawed the practice as inhumane. ------ The rest of my “brief” Meissen Pug History doubled the length of this description, so I will save it until I put up my next Meissen Pug. Suffice it to say, I love the sense of history that Meissen Pugs attach to our pugs. (Just compare this pug’s “beauty” spot with that of you own!) This young fellow is an excellent example of the perfect molding and fine detailed decoration found in the Meissen Pug. His beauty (not to mention his value) is enhanced by the golden bells decorating his blue collar. Besides the crossed swords Meissen Hallmark, he has “98694” (model) impressed in his base, “3210” painted in red (artist) and “Ah” (date “thrown” – early this century). Condition: Excellent. Size: 2 3/4" high, 3 1/4" long, 1 3/4" deep.	$525.00
PP290	ENGLISH ARISTOCRACY ( Antique English Staffordshire Porcelain Pug Dog ): If you are an antique buff you will see a large number of Staffordshire King Charles Spaniels, but very rarely find a Staffordshire Pug. Clive Mason Pope’s "A-Z of Staffordshire Dogs" pictures only 3 different pugs (pp. 144 & 145), with this style pug my personal favorite. (Photo from book included.) He dates them circa 1880. Small potteries in the English county of Staffordshire started making large numbers of King Charles Spaniels, Queen Victoria’s favorite, in the 1830’s. Other breeds soon followed. They were known as "comforters". Unlike most Staffordshire dogs, these pugs are beautifully molded with great detail and have lovely life-like glass eyes. Glass eyes were first used in Staffordshire dogs in the 1860’s and they quickly became the most highly sought after. These are the only Staffordshire Pugs with glass eyes. They sport gilded collars and gilt highlights in the grass between their legs and on there tails. This pug is unusual in my experience in also having a gold lining on the front of each ear (it may appear grayish in photo, but is gold) and a gold stripe all around the base. The cold painted gold on antique figurines almost always has partially rubbed off. This pug has more gold highlights remaining than most. This style of Staffordshire Pug varies in color from a light brown through a dark gray. This one is more gray colored. He has a gold "S" painted on the bottom. Condition: Very Good. There are some defects in glaze - tip of both ears & eye brows - all original to pug. Very small chip in front of base (see photo of bottom). Size: 12" high, 10 1/2" long, 4 3/4" deep	$550.00
PP514	FAUX MEISSEN MOM & PUP ( Vintage Chelsea House Meissen Porcelain Pug Reproduction ): The Chelsea House Company of England made quite a name for themselves making high quality reproductions of famous antique figurines. Included are several pugs – like this wonderful Pug Mom & Suckling Pup based on a famous Meissen Pug Figurine. (See photo from Meissen Catalogue.) There were actually numerous companies that tried to fool collectors by making figurines very similar to Meissens and using a very similar hallmark. This was fairly easy to do in the 18th and early 19th Century before patent laws became stricter. I still see – and own – some such pugs. Chelsea House never did that, but note the detail in the molding of the muscles and tendons of the mother pug – as fine as many Meissen and Dresden Pugs. These pugs are of a nice size and will make a prized addition to any pug collection. Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks or repairs. Size: 6 1/4” high, 5 3/4" long, 2 1/2” deep.	$225.00
PB056	BUDDIES ( Vintage Faux Vienna Bronze Pug & Bulldog ): I’m sure many of you will recognize this relatively famous Vintage Vienna Bronze Bulldog and Pug – made very cocky by the presence of his big buddy. You can clearly see the wonderful detail in the molding of each – typical of the much smaller batches made from the original 19th and early 20th Century molds made by the masters. However, if you look at the large area of paint rubbed off the right haunch of the bulldog, as well as several smaller areas, you see a silver color beneath rather than bronze. This, along with the lighter weight, indicates these dogs are made of “white metal” (an alloy of lead & tin). This doesn’t rule out their being made by the famous Viennese bronze artists, since even they were forced to use cheaper metals, such as this, in the 1930’s during the great depression due to the relative expense of the copper required to make bronze (an alloy of copper & tin). The German artists – who obviously made this pair from the Viennese original – played fair, however, and stamped “Germany” on the underside of the bulldog. Thus you can get a faux Vintage Vienna Bronze, looking exactly like the original, for a fraction of the cost. Condition: Good. No breaks, but some areas of loss of paint. Looks very good from the pug’s side. Size: Bulldog 2 ¾” long, 2” high. Pug 1 ½” long, 1 ¼” high. Total width 2”.	$50.00
PP600	DASHING DRESDEN ( Carl Thieme Dresden Porcelain Pug Dog ): This handsome Dresden Male Pug has to be on the list for any serious pug collector. He was made by the Carl Thieme Porcelain Manufactory of Potschappel, Germany, a suburb of Dresden. These pugs are made from still existing 19th Century molds using the finest hard paste porcelain and beautifully hand decorated. My photos can’t do justice to this beauty, but study the details of the molding. You can see the muscles and tendons of his legs. Though impossible to show in my photos – besides the painted hair, he has fine molded hair all over his body and tail. The pupils of his eyes are not just painted, but also in the mold. The hair of his brows is molded as well as painted. This style of Thieme Pugs comes in males & females of two sizes. This is the larger and more detailed pug. Besides the Thieme hallmark I have pictured, he has “1454T” impressed in the base and “76” painted on the base. He goes very nicely with the female Thieme Pug (PB093) listed below. Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks, scratches or repairs. Size: 8 1/4” high, 8 1/2” long, 5 1/2” deep.	$990.00
PP093	DRESDEN DELIGHT ( Carl Thieme Dresden Porcelain Pug Dog ): This fabulous Dresden Female Pug is near the top of the list for any serious pug collector. She was made by the Carl Thieme Porcelain Manufactory of Potschappel, Germany, a suburb of Dresden. These pugs are made from still existing 19th Century molds using the finest hard paste porcelain and beautifully hand decorated. My photos can’t do justice to this beauty, but study the details of the molding. You can see the muscles and tendons of her legs. Though impossible to show in my photos - besides the painted hair, she has fine molded hair all over her body and tail. Thieme Pugs match the Meissen pugs in quality. This style of Thieme comes in two sizes. This is the larger and more detailed. Besides the Thieme hallmark I have pictured, she has “L1454K” impressed in the base and “76” painted in the glaze. Probably the model and artist’s mark. She goes very nicely with the male Thieme Pug (PP600) listed above. Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks, scratches or repairs. Posed to display. Size: 8 1/2" high, 8 1/2" long, 5 1/2” deep.	$990.00
PP653 A & B	CAT-FACED PUG PAIR ( Antique Porcelain Pug Dogs ): These pugs, which I call “cat-faced”, are not that uncommon, but it is uncommon to find them in such nicely matched pairs. I think these are the very rare such pugs actually made as the original paired couple. Both have a similar drawn mark on their base. I know these are European Antique Pugs from the late 19th Century – with their longer legs and muzzles than today’s pugs and their cropped ears. Each sports a collar with seven bells and a buckle in the back, typical of the well dress Victorian Pug. However, I am not sure which country they come from. England would be my best guess since they are similar to most Staffordshire dogs – seated with head turned – made as “comforters” to be placed on one’s mantle. Also, their molding and decoration are seldom perfect – as are the finer German porcelain pugs made mainly for export. These were made mainly for the common pug loving Englishman. A “must have” for any complete pug collection! Condition: Excellent. Both have some tiny dimples in their glaze and the pug on the right has a small dark spot on the back of his neck. Size: 4 1/2” high, 3” long, 2 1/4" deep.	$290.00 For The Pair
PP286	PUG BEAUTY ( Antique Porcelain Match Holder Pug Dog ): Who says Pugs aren’t beautiful? This is a lovely and relatively rare Porcelain Pug Dog Maiden carrying a wicker basket on her back. The basket is attached to her by a beautiful blue ribbon with a big bow in the front. She is actually a match holder with the back of the basket being the striking surface. However she can be used to hold anything from pins to flowers – or just for display along with the rest of your pug collection. She is very nicely modeled and hand painted. I would guess that she is Victorian. What a sweet expression on her face! A previous loving owner has placed felt pads on the bottom of her feet. She has an “H” in the glaze on her bottom. Condition: Excellent. She is in the best condition of any of her type I have seen. I have shown the inside of her basket to show that there are no cracks even in there. Size: 4” high, 4” long, 2” wide.	$185.00
PB114	BOTTOMS UP! ( Vienna Bronze Bermann Pug Dogs ): Judging from the glazed look on these pug’s faces they have already downed a number of toasts – most likely to: “May we continue to live the pug’s life of love, leisure, food & drink!” This wonderful scene was made from an old vintage mold and cold painted by the Fritz Bermann Company of Vienna, Austria, founded in 1850. It was most likely actually made within the last 20 years. I say this based on the quality of the molding and the use of the brighter acrylic paint. The newer Vienna Bronze sculptured figurines are made in larger batches from the old molds, accounting for the decreased definition of such areas as the hair on the pugs’ backs. On the good side, this allows you to own some great old Vintage Pug models for significantly decreased prices. The hallmark is hard to see, but it is a gold “F B” over a “W”. The “W” stands for “Wein”, the Austrian spelling of Vienna. Condition: Excellent. No wear to paint. Size: 1 5/8” high. Table and benches 2” long, 2 1/8” wide, 2 1/2” wide – tail end to tail end. All pugs are 1 1/2” high.	$250.00
PM095	PEN PAL PUG ( Antique Carved Wood Pug Inkwell ): Probably not many of you write with a quill pen or one requiring dipping (or even remember such), but this beautifully carved late 19th Century (Victorian) Pug Head Inkwell will make a wonderful addition to any pug collection. I only rarely see these at the antique shows I attend, much less one I can afford and much less one with the original interior metal workings and glass inkwell intact. You can see this one was used by the dark ink spattering down the right side of his face. However, whoever used him did not use the leather ink pad in the metal cap to remove excess ink, as is often done. That pad appears ink free and in perfect condition. He probably comes from the Black Forest area of Germany. Besides the fine carving, you can see he has a leather collar with red felt backing and a metal plate for engraving his name, along with large glass eyes. The bottom has a well worn leather pad to prevent desk scratches and to cover the various screws or bolts that hold his parts together. Don’t pass up this gem! Condition: Excellent for age. No chips, cracks or repairs. Interior inkwell intact. Several small round holes in wood – possibly from insects – but appear to be original to piece. Some cracks in the leather collar and wear to leather pad on bottom. Size: 3 1/2" high, 3 1/4" deep, 2 3/8” wide.	SOLD!
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