Charming Old Chalkware Victor / Nipper MCA Dog (Small Repair) Buddhist Weighs just shy of 5

Weighs just shy of 5 pounds

yellow paper covered boards

one seam re-sewn many years ago

) This is not a fancy box--it was made to be used

just on the surface I believe and not threatening soundness

Charming Old Chalkware Victor / Nipper MCA Dog (Small Repair) Buddhist Weighs just shy of 5A sweet old chalkware Nipper, aka Victor, embodying the terrier at his best and most inquisitive looking, I'd say. In his lifetime (1884 1895), the dog was known as Nipper; it was as the subject of a painting by British artist Francis Barraud that he later became an icon, ear to gramophone, as the RCA Victor dog, with Victor appearing on one side of his base here. And seems like he's really listening now when I talk to him! Very sweet. C. 1920s I