T.C. Brown-Westhead Moore Antique Blue & White Transferware Greyhound Plate waterscape in a sweet little slide

in a sweet little slide top box into which the tiles fit just perfectly

Initialed and dated at bottom right--A

5" tall x 2 3/4" diameter at widest

with his great elongated body seeming poised and ready to take off swimming

so it makes perfect sense that in Japan there is a tradition of carrying one of these carvings in a pocket

T.C. Brown-Westhead Moore Antique Blue & White Transferware Greyhound Plate waterscape in a sweet little slideSince finding a wonderful set of 19th c. French faience rebus plates a few weeks ago, with solutions the the rebuses on the undersides, I've had antique blue and white china on my mind, and have been inspecting the undersides of plates with added vigor too! So when I found this charmer, and a second featuring a bull terrier, I was immediately sold, including for the fact that they the names of the dogs are featured on the reverses in beautiful