Saturday 20 October 2012

CAT or DOG ?


Or perhaps both? Which are you?

I collect cats AND dogs - like this tiny puppy cachou tin.

An antique embroidery of Carefull the cat.

Not a terracotta warrior, but a terracotta terrier.

Proud mother Puss.

Another painted pet.

A humble spongeware pottery moggy.

Daniel the spaniel.

This one is a money box - I'm saving up to add to the collection...

The other day, in a country church, I came across this little canine companion carved on a 15th century alabaster tomb, tenderly nibbling his mistress's robe. People have always loved their dogs and cats...


Here's our choice, though Harrogate Harry is sadly long gone.

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20 comments:

  1. Spongeware moggy and Harrogate Harry please!

    (Thank you for your suggestion over on Serge & Tweed...replied there too)

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  2. I'm afraid for me its cats and dogs in soppy Victorian prints, and as they've been banned from the rest of the house they're all hanging in the kitchen which, in a most un-liberated manner, I call "mine"!
    I do however have a dog's gravestone in the garden which I found in a salvage yard...a little terrier caled Needle who died in 1856.

    I love your collection
    x

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    1. Mr N is green with envy over your doggy gravestone. (Poor man - I call the whole house "mine")

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  3. Both for me please. Our grumpy British short haired cat Pendragon, who one day will be joined by a rather dashing wire haired fox terrier who will be known to all as Fruity Metcalfe.

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    1. I must admit we once had a fox terrier in the family and he was a super little chap & a great friend.

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  4. So observant of you to notice that delightful little canine nibbling on his long gone mistresses robe.
    I love your terracotta terrier - there is something very endearing about him.

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    1. He looks as if he's trying to wake her, doesn't he?

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  5. Daniel the spaniel does it for me................

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    1. He's on a miniature mug about 2 inches high, circa 1840.

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  6. Mpm took the words from my fingers - as soon as I saw him, I thought, 'Daniel the Spaniel is for me' - fight you for him, Mpm!! Axxx

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  7. Hi nilly,
    Ooh know doubt about this one Harrogate Harry is my tipple!!
    Have a lovely week.
    love Mariax

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    1. He was a handsome beast! My cousin, who thinks of herself as a bit of white witch, has a real black cat called Salem.

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  8. Daniel the Spaniel works for me as well...........

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    1. Yes, he's definitely not for sale.

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  9. Another painted pet is my favourite nilly, daniel the spaniel comes a close second! jayne

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    1. That painting holds some memories for us - we bought him at a fair in Darlington over 20 years ago.

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  10. I am most definitely a doggy person, but Carefull the cat gets my vote for its simple, naive charm.
    Julie x

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    1. I've quite a collection of dog & cat embroideries, but they are becoming so hard to find now.

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