Small Vintage Vienna Bronze West Highland Terrier, Lupton

Description

This auction is for a small vintage Vienna Bronze figure of a terrier standing alertly. I think it is a West Highland Terrier. I thought it could be a Cairn, but not sure. This figure was made late 1800’s early 1900’s, and the breeds have changed quite a bit, but that is my best guess on type. He’s about 1 1/16″ long. Has his boy parts, and is staring up alertly at whatever challenge the day is bringing. He came with this very old card tag tied around his neck. The string is ancient and it broke while I was handling him. The card says “Lupton.” I have no idea if that was his name, town, or what.  He came in a lot of about 20 of these small scale figures. Even with their small size the detail in the posing, casting, and painting is impressive.  All of the small figures in the group are very old, I would say from the early classic pre-WW2 period. In the last picture I show this figure with a Vienna Bronze Monkey orchestra conductor on a wood base, he is almost 3.5″ tall and is shown for size reference only and is not included in this auction. I carry both classic (pre-WW2) and newer (1950’s up) Vienna Bronzes. The classic vintage ones are in the Collectibles > Metalware > Bronze channel, the newer ones are in the Collectibles > Metalware > Other Collectible Metalware channel. Please see my other auctions and my eBay store for vintage German and other metal animals, figural desk items by Heyde and other makers, vintage toy soldiers, tin and windup toys, Marklin cannon, and vintage and out of print books on old toys.
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