A pair of ormolu-mounted Meissen figures of Bolognese dogs,, circa 1745-50

modelled by J. J. Kändler, their fur picked out with brown markings, one seated wearing a collar and panting, the other with head partially turned and left hind leg raised to scratch, freestanding and mounted on Transitional ormolu oblong stands with borders en-guilloche and embossed and scrolled feet,

The seated dog is in very good condition, no damage noted. The seated dog scratching is also in very good condition, there are some minute scattered surface chips to its body. The gilt-bronze mount is slight dirty and would benefit from a light clean according to taste.
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The scratching dog and its companion are recorded in Kändler's Taxa or work records for 1740-1744 as follows: '2. Pologneser oder Zottligte Hunde, gegen einan der sehend auff Camine zu sezen, davon einer sich krazet, der andere aber auffrecht sizet, pro 1. Stück...4. Thlr.' [2 Bolognese or shaggy dogs, to set on a chimney looking at each other, one of which scratching itself, the other sitting upright...4. Thlr.].