Inkipedia
Dog – Sailor Bulldogs Smoking
| Categories | Figural - Animals & Living Creatures |
| Type | dog |
| Material | Pot metal |
| Manufacturer | Undetermined |
| Origin | Undetermined |
| Date or Era | circa 1900 |
| Measuring | 2 ¼” x 2 ¾” x 4” |
Figural, hand-painted inkwells featuring Bulldogs dressed as sailors. Sporting sailor’s cap and collar, one is smoking a pipe, the other a cigar.
These Bulldogs are similar to several identical-looking bulldogs in different costumes and poses, primarily dressed as sailors and smoking a pipe or cigar. Some attribute these to Georg Heyde & Company in Dresden, Germany, but this has never been confirmed. Possibly they’re Austrian, given their anthropomorphic whimsey. Or, because of the Bulldog and sailing theme, maybe they are British.
Estimated value: $225 each
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