Hundreds of pottery factories were set up in Staffordshire during the Victorian period, many of them producing crude colourful figures, sold to decorate the more humble households. In a dark cottage in winter they must have seemed so bright and joyful, their colours brightening any room they were displayed, from kitchen to bed chamber.
 
Here we have four Stafforshire figures in the form of greyhounds, they each have an inkwell in the base. These would have been found in the home of a lower income family.
 
Condition is good on all pieces.
 
Dimensions: 16cm across x 12cm high