Time Dances By - Pug Figurines

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PP607 A & B	SEMI-PRECIOUS STAFFS ( Antique Porcelain Pair of Staffordshire Pug Dogs ): At first glance at the thumbnail photo of this handsome pair of Staffordshire Pugs with their good looking blue collars and bows, you may think I’ve lost my mind to be offering them for such a low price. On further inspection of the enlarged photos inside, you may think I lost my mind for purchasing them – either for re-sale or for my personal collection. (The answer – part of a collection of several pugs bought via an online auction from a fuzzy photo.) There are multiple small spots in the glaze where bubbles formed and then burst on final firing. There is also a paint splatter on the front of the pug on the right. These are all original to these slip cast pugs. Staffordshire figurines were a cottage industry with the decoration sometimes done by children – some more talented than others! Of more concern in terms of value are the repairs – two atop the head of the pug on the right and that of the left front paw of the pug on the left. They probably were nicely done repairs at first but the white coating has worn off and they are now light tan in color. (The fact they were repaired indicates their value to someone.) There is also an inverted fine “Y” shaped crack in the glaze of the left haunch of the pug on the left. None-the-less, an actual pair of Antique Staffordshire Pugs of this model is hard to find and for those of you whose pocketbooks may be pinched, adding a pair such as these may be a great buy! Condition: Somewhat flawed. (See description above & photos.) Size: Each pug is 6” high, 5 1/2" long, 3” wide.	ON HOLD!
PP558	CLOWN OF THE CLASS ( Eve Pearce Porcelain Pug Dog ): Pugs have been Clown of the Class – at least the higher Class – dating back to their pampered life with the Chinese Royal Families 2 Centuries ago and starting in the 1600’s in the Palaces of European Royalty. Now we Plebeians get to share in the joy of their antics and warmth of their love. You can see this Eve Pearce Pug is eager to join your collection – either as your first of her Clown Pug series (see our new Eve Pearce Museum on Page 3 of our Pug Museum) or joining others to add to your Pug Circus. 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. You can see Eve’s hallmark on the base. There are felt pads on the bottom to prevent scratching. Condition: Excellent. Size: 5 1/4” long, 2 3/4” high, 2 3/8” wide.	$210.00
PP358	HANDSOME YOUNG DRESDEN PUG ( Dresden Porcelain Pug Dog ): This is a beautifully molded and decorated fine hard paste Dresden Porcelain Pug. He sports a lovely light blue collar with 5 golden bells and a small bow in back. A fly perched on his head when I photographed his face. Let me stress that the fly is not for sale. To the best of my knowledge, the Carl Thieme Porcelain Manufactory (founded in 1867) was able to save seven of its 19th Century pug molds from destruction during WW II – and I believe they are the only true Dresden pug molds to survive. That quirk of fate occurred because Thieme is located in Potschappel, a Dresden suburb. This pug was made from one of those seven molds. Thieme, like Meissen, started producing a very limited number of these high quality pugs from their antique molds following WW II. You can see he is of the pre-Victorian style of Meissen Pug Dogs. I love to own a pug like this one that represents a link in the linage of pugs from ancient China to the 1600’s in Europe and up to the 2 pugs lying at my feet as I type this. Few other breed owners can experience that feeling. He bears the Thieme Hallmark (pictured) and has “E712T” impressed in his base. I’m sure the red numbers were used by a previous owner. Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks or repairs. Size: 4 3/4” high, 4 3/4” long.	$250.00
PP414	MARVELOUS MOM & PUP MOPS ( Kämmer Dresden Porcelain Pug Dog ): This beautiful Dresden Style Pug Dog mother and baby 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 three 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. Kämmer pugs are much less expensive than the comparably sized Meissen and Thieme pugs because the molds are newly made. Interestingly, though many of the finest porcelain pugs – Kämmer, Meissen, Thieme, Conta & Boehme and Nymphenburg – were and are made in Germany, very few have been sold in Germany. Almost all were made for export – mainly to the U.K. & U.S.A. Pugs (Mops) were popular pets among wealthy German’s in the 1700’s, but – a German pug owner and collector informed me – they had almost disappeared as pets (and thus collectibles) from the 18th Century until the 1970’s. She was very excited when last year a museum in her home town of Mainz had a major exhibit on the history of pugs, including examples of the beautiful German-made porcelain pug figurines. Add this beauty to your collection. Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks or repairs. Size: 8" high, 8 1/2" long - tail to foreleg, 4 3/4" deep.	$465.00
PP316	DANDY DRESDEN PUG ( Dresden Porcelain Pug Dog ): This handsome lad continues the tradition of the finest of Dresden Pugs. He was produced by the Carl Thieme Porcelain Manufactory of Potschappel (a suburb of Dresden, Germany), which opened in 1867. It was one of the few Dresden porcelain factories to escape destruction during WW II. These lovely pugs, produced using the finest hard paste porcelain and hand painted by talented Thieme artists, are made from their original molds of the 1800’s. Most Dresden pugs are based on the famed Meissen pugs, with Meissen located just outside Dresden and in the 1700’s selling mainly from the city of Dresden. This pug carries the Thieme hallmark with "Dresden" below it and impressed “B14571”. My photos don’t adequately capture the beautifully detailed molding of the muscles and tendons. He even has a coat of hair within the glaze. Condition: Excellent. Size: 7" high, 7" long, 4 1/4” deep. PLEASE NOTE: A male and female pair of these pugs is also available.	$675.00
PP408	AFFORDABLE DRESDEN PUG ( Vintage Dresden Style Porcelain Pug Dog ): Can't afford most Dresden Pugs? Then this fellow is for you! Yes, this is a Dresden Pug - elongated muzzle and legs, cropped ears, white with grey or tan spots, seated with face turned, high quality hard paste porcelain and hand painted. You can see that he is almost an exact duplicate in size and molding of the 7” Thieme Dresden Pugs you will see on these pages. Only his decoration is less detailed. Why is he priced so low? Because he is an Italian Dresden – very nice, but not quite the quality found in the German Dresden Pugs. This is a 1974 model imported from Italy by Seymour Mann, Inc. – best known for porcelain dolls. This information, along with part of a Mann sticker, is seen on the base. Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks or repairs. Size: 7” high, 7” long, 4 1/2” wide	$190.00
PP289 A & B	FAUX ANTIQUE BEFLOWERED PUG PAIR ( Oriental Porcelain Pug Dog Book Ends ): These beautifully hand painted faux antique pugs are decorator pieces any pug collector would be proud to own. My knowledge of true Chinese and Japanese antique pugs is limited. I have handled only a few - seen on these sales pages or in my Pug Museum. I know the Chinese, ancestral home of our present pugs close to 2 millennia ago (Han and Tang Dynasty, around 150 BC), were famed for both their porcelain and their delicate floral decorations. I have tried to show a sample of the decorations in a close-up photo - flowers, birds, vines & leaves. The pugs have a blue-gray appearance in general due to tiny blue dots on a gray background. You can also see the faux-crazing that covers both pugs and platforms to add to the antique appearance. They are seated on very heavy plinths – on top green & blue cushions with decorative gold scrolling and sides of a subtle chartreuse color with gold bases. Hallmarked “Mark Roberts”, “Made in China”. Age: Relatively new. Condition: Excellent. No chips, cracks or repairs. Rubber pads on bottom to prevent scratching. Weight: 2 1/3 lbs each, 4 2/3 lbs total. Size: Total height 7 ½”. Pugs 5 ½” high, 4 ½” long. Base 5 ¼” long, 4” wide, 1 ¾” high. Cushion ¼” deep.	$250.00 For The Pair
PP383	CLASSY STAFFORDSHIRE PUG DOG ( Victorian Staffordshire Porcelain Pug Dog ): Though I have collected pugs for over 30 years, we didn’t open “Time Dances By” to sell pugs until 2000 and I found I really knew very little about Staffordshire Pugs. >From my research I learned they were made in small shops in Staffordshire, starting in the late 1800’s and often decorated by children. They weren’t made for the export market – like the German pugs – but made for the mantles of ordinary Englishmen and often called “comforters”. Thanks to Queen Victoria – and by extension Staffordshire – dogs became part of English Victorian families. They only had to earn their keep by giving love and joy – just as our pugs today. Thus their molding and decoration aren’t as perfect as the German pugs, but they have their own sweet quality. Staffordshires have been called the last great cottage industry. This pug is slip cast (hollow) and has nice detail in the molding and decoration. He dates from the late Victorian era, wearing the classical golden bell decorated collar. He has a very light fawn colored coat – hard to appreciate in my photos. Condition: Very good. As mentioned above Staffordshires are not perfect and you can see several small defects in the glaze and a small crease in the back of his head – all original to the pug, no damage. Much of the gold is missing from his bells, almost always true of antique pugs. Size: 5 3/8" high, 4 3/4" long, 2 3/4" deep.	$175.00
PB105	ON THE TOWN ( Vienna Bronze Pug Dogs ): These two dapper pugs – all dressed up in their wing tip collars, bow ties and top hats – are obviously ready for a big night on the town. They are most likely waiting for a couple of good looking pug ladies to stroll by. The Viennese have been making small bronze “humanized” animal figurines for over 100 years. We all know why pugs are a favorite subject. Within the last 15 or 20 years the Vienna Bronze companies have been making larger batches, making them easier to find and, as a benefit for us, lowering the price. They are still often made from the old molds, but now are painted in brighter acrylic paints. This piece bears the hallmark of the Fritz Bermann Company of Vienna (“FB” over a “W” – Vienna was spelled “Wein”) established in 1850. Condition: Excellent. Size: Total height 1 ¼”, 1 ¼” wide. The pugs are 1” high.	$90.00
PP512	CIGAR ANYONE? ( Vintage Faux Antique Pug Dog Humidor ): At first glance one could easily take this handsome fellow, with his nice pattern of crazing and golden collar and bow, for a true antique pug humidor. But, in fact, he is a very nicely made 20th Century reproduction of a popular 19th Century model. He is a warm golden tan color fading into white in front. His face is nicely decorated in an antique style. Just for fun I have photographed him beside an antique Majolica Pug Humidor from my personal collection. You can easily see the resemblance. Condition: Excellent. No cracks, chips or repairs. Size: 8” high, 7” long, 5” wide.	$175.00
PP595	PARTY TIME! ( Eve Pearce Porcelain Pug Dogs ): We all know pugs aren’t just our pets – they are our kids! So we can fully appreciate and understand throwing a birthday party for this proud mommy pug and her excited little girl. They are beautifully placed on a light green base containing baby blue flowers and tufts of green grass, as well as the decorated cake and long, lovely striped ribbon & bow – very delicate. (Coloring of base is not accurate in my photos. It is really a pale green.) I love it that Eve’s pugs are all slight caricatures and show a bit of humor – each one a small masterpiece. She has been producing these gems for over 25 years, but collectors buy and hold them – so they are difficult to come by. Her skill is obvious. She molds them by hand from hard paste porcelain and hand paints them, so each is unique. This piece contains her hallmark and the bottom is covered with felt to prevent scratching. Condition: Excellent. Size: 3 3/4” high, 7” wide, 5 3/4” deep. Sitting momma pug 3” high, 3 1/2" long. Lying young pug 2 1/4" high, 2 3/4" long.	SOLD!
PP552	FOXY FRAULEIN ( Antique Conta & Boehme Porcelain Pug Dog ): This medium sized Conta & Boehme female pug is special in that she bears the C & B hallmark – an arm holding a short sword within a shield. These Victorian Pugs were made by the German Porcelain Company – Conta & Boehme – in the latter part of the 1800’s. Because, unlike the finer Meissen & Dresden Pugs – these pugs were made for common folk, they were not initially expensive, weren’t all perfect in their molding and frequently did not bear the C & B hallmark. One might compare them to the Staffordshire dogs of England. This young lady is perfect in her molding, with none of the common firing cracks, but somewhere along the way she chipped her right front pinky toe. It doesn’t show, since it is in the back. Otherwise she is a lovely specimen with her blue trimmed collar bearing 5 bells and lovely bow in back. Almost all antique pugs have the gold rubbed off of their bells. In fact if such bells are all still gold it probably isn’t an antique or they were repainted. The gold paint used then had to be put on after the pug had cooled off. If the gold was painted on before the final firing it turned black. Thus the “cold painted” gold was quite easily rubbed off. Condition: Very good. She has the usual loss of gold from her bells and some fine superficial scratches of her back & head. These don’t lower her value, but the chip of the 5th toe of her right front foot (see photos) does and is reflected in her price. Size: 4” high, 4 ½” long, 2 inches wide.	SOLD!
PB123	OLD BRONZE BUDDY ( Antique Vienna Bronze Pug Dog ): Viennese bronze artisans started “humanizing” their small creatures in the early 20th Century. Most of their realistic dogs date back to the late 19th Century. These 19th Century Antique Pugs tended to be larger and have much more detail in musculature, ruff, collar and face than the later humanized ones. This old fellow is a good example. Look at that wonderful expressive face and molding that includes a complete coat of hair and a delightful curlicue tail. Besides being old, he was well loved. He shows generalized wear, but it is most noticeable on his rib cage on both sides – right where he would be picked up by a caring owner. He bears a seldom seen hallmark “STB”. According to my good friend (and Vienna Bronze expert), Kurt Kutt of “Art-e-Fact”, it is said to be that of “Stefan Buchinger”. Condition: Very good. There are no breaks or repairs, but there is moderate wear of paint and mild wear of bronze in some areas. Most is old, but there are some newer appearing rubs on the back showing shiny bronze. Size: 2 1/4" long, 2” high, 7/8” wide. Photo taken with quarter to demonstrate larger size.	SOLD!
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