Charming Old Chalkware Victor / Nipper MCA Dog (Small Repair) apothecary measure with everything well secured

with everything well secured

Box measures 6 1/4" x 3 11/16"

in no small part due to this fantastic original blue paint

prompting a second card dedicated to Mary

Charming Old Chalkware Victor / Nipper MCA Dog (Small Repair) apothecary measure with everything well securedA 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