A Marvellous Stylised Mid-20thC Life-Sized Painted Composite Model of a Harlequin Great Dane sub-Art & Sculpture The quality of the casting

The quality of the casting here suggests this foundry may well have created this pair

By the late 19th century Prang's name was synonymous with art materials and art education

which amounts to approximately £600 in today’s currency

At the time this shaving mirror was crafted there was also a boom in the world of shaving related cosmetics as many perfumers and chemists began to manufacture soaps and creams specifically designed to aid in the shaving process

who worked for George IV when Prince of Wales

A Marvellous Stylised Mid-20thC Life-Sized Painted Composite Model of a Harlequin Great Dane sub-Art & Sculpture The quality of the castingOrigin: British Period: Mid Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 60 Height: 36 at ear or 28 at body Depth: 8 Width: 44 (to tip of tail) The quite marvellous highly stylised life sized hand crafted and painted composite model of a fully grown adult Harlequin Great Dane dog, probably female, with enunciated features in the distinctive black and white lifelike pigments, freestanding, survives from the middle section of the twentieth