https://emuseum.gardinermuseum.com/internal/media/dispatcher/28105/fullPair of Bolognese Houndslate 19th CenturySamson, Edmé and Cie (Samson Ceramics)Overall: 19 × 29 × 13 cm (7 1/2 × 11 7/16 × 5 1/8 in.)
Overall: 23 × 28 × 14 cm (9 1/16 × 11 × 5 1/2 in.)Hard-paste porcelain with overglaze enamelsGift of Lindy Barrow in memory of Helen GardinerG22.6.1.1-20The pair of Bolognese hounds copies a model created by Johann Joachim Kändler in 1769 for the Meissen manufactory. The Bolognese dog was a favoured lapdog in 18th-century Germany along with the popular pug. Meissen’s porcelain model proved to be very popular and continued to be produced over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries.19th and early 20th Century CeramicsRecent Acquisitions - 2020-2022[]European CeramicsFrench Porcelain1857969489French"X" in underglaze blue at the bottom of each tail