Unidentified
A marble shock dog or Pomeranian can be traced in the royal inventories to the reign of George IV but no further
Van der Doort c.1639
WS 96, № 33
done in Henry VIII's time (ancient very curious work)
(little) (island [struck through]) Shaggy Dog, scratching his head (upper lip) with his hind leg
Walpole Society reference (1960):
Measurements (Van der Doort):
6in x 0in (15.2cm high)
Medium:
(set on a gilded board [struck through])
Provenance:
Whitehall piece; when Prince of Wales
Gift / Exchange / Bought / Inherited:
acquired
Location:
Room description extended:
Your Majesty's statues placed round about the Cabinet Room; 36 including 16 of the 18 little statues which came to your majesty by the decease of Prince Henry; the other 2 are in the Chair Room
Original Manuscript page number:
Windsor MS., f. 28 and V&A MS, f. 44, no 32 (WS 212)
Project notes:
a marble shock dog or Pomeranian can be traced to the inventories in the reign of George IV but no further
Interpreting the text:
The text in brackets comes from the V&A Manuscript
Identification certainty:
Unknown