This beautiful terracotta model, crafted in Belgium during the late 19th Century, depicts a dog sniffing the ground next to a stream of water springing from a fountain.
This fine model of a dog is crafted from terracotta. The model depicts a hound standing on all fours, his body leaning forward and his head lowered to sniff the naturalistically rendered ground. The dog stands beside a fountain, which issues a stream of water from a grotesque mask spout. The piece is stamped underside ‘Fabrication Belge’ and incised with several inventory numbers.