{"product_id":"victorian-staffordshire-poodle-coleslaw-coat","title":"Antique Staffordshire Poodle, Likely Late 19th to Early 20th century, Gilt Collar \u0026 Padlock","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eA Staffordshire poodle from likely the late 1800s, made in the Potteries when nearly every English mantel held a pair of pottery dogs keeping watch. The coat is \"coleslaw\", wet clay pushed through a sieve to build up those curls by hand, one of the harder textures to get right and the reason these poodles have always been scarcer than their smooth-coated spaniel cousins. Gilt collar, small padlock at the throat, hand-painted eyes gone soft amber with age. The crazing across the glaze is the century showing itself, not a flaw.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eHe was made to sit at one end of a mantel and hold the room. He still does. Put him on a stack of old books beside a mirror, or let him stand alone on a shelf where the light can find the gilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\"\u003eOne dog, sold singly. Some wear to the gilding consistent with age, noted honestly in the photos.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tallmadge Ave","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52800133562549,"sku":null,"price":145.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0672\/4655\/5317\/files\/9b6e2366-85eb-4e74-a919-905521382c78.png?v=1784054958","url":"https:\/\/tallmadgeave.com\/products\/victorian-staffordshire-poodle-coleslaw-coat","provider":"Tallmadge Ave","version":"1.0","type":"link"}