Vintage Royal Copley Airedale Irish Terrier Ceramic Pottery Figurine With Label

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Vintage Royal Copley Airedale Irish Terrier Glossy Ceramic Pottery Figurine With Label Featuring Brown and Cream Dog With Green Color
This is a wonderful find for anyone who loves animals or collectibles. The Airedale Irish terrier is 6.5" tall, 2.5" deep, 2.25" wide. It was made in the United States of America. The dog is in excellent vintage condition, no scratches, cracks or chips on it, but there is some minor crazing.
According to the Royal Copley page "What is Royal Copley? There is no simple answer. Royal Copley is the name of one line of merchandise produced by the Spaulding China Company of Sebring, Ohio. Spaulding operated from 1942 to 1957, a very short time when compared against the decades-long operational life of other potteries. Morris Feinberg and Irving Miller of New York created the company in response to changes in the marketplace because of World War II. Operating for only 15 years, the company produced a wide variety of pottery items. Birds were prolific, planters of every kind and style. The designs were sophisticated for the time and the planters gave the appearance of art pottery rather than looking utilitarian. They produced animal figural pieces, lamps, urns vases, and oriental themed human figural pieces so popular at the time. Baby planters for new parents, congratulatory vases, planters and pots of various kinds. Of course they were well known for their line of chickens and roosters, dogs, cats, bears and banks. There was even a line of ashtrays and coasters. Spaulding was the second largest pottery in the United States at the time. It operated around the clock producing as many as 6,000 items in a single day. Although this level of mass production lacked the extremely fine detail of other producers, the focus on quality control, the cherished designs and above all the affordability created a powerhouse in the art pottery industry. "
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