JANE CALLENDER Signed Painted XOLO XOLOITZCUINTLI CHINESE CRESTED DOG Figurine

Description

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EXTREMELY RARE!
Signed "JANE CALLENDER" XOLO / XOLOITZCUINTLI / XOLOITZCUINTLE CHINESE CRESTED Dog Figurine ~ Long out of production.
"Sitting Xolo" - This is spectacular for people involved in the breed of Xolo / Xoloitzcuintli / Xoloitzcuintle! Absolutely one of the finest figurines ever made for this breed, and a wonderful addition to your collection.
The following is the information I could gather on this artist:
"The art pottery movement in Southern California began in earnest during the 1930s. At that time Los Angeles was a gathering place for the motion picture industry and many artists in the area began small cottage industry style potteries. According to the reference book "California Potteries, The Complete Book," by Mike Schneider, Jane Callender operated a small pottery in the Los Angeles area during the 1940s and 1950s.
Jane is most well known for her canine figurines, many of which were embellished with her distinctive extruded clay designs; extruded clay is a process by which clay is forced through a sieve to form long thin tubes of material for decoration. The figurines would start as a clay base which was embellished with the extruded clay. In my opinion, each of Jane's figurines is unique; the figurines were hand painted and hand decorated so that no two pieces were ever exactly the same in look and style. Oftentimes the figurines carried a small store tag in the shape of a blue ribbon with the wording "Jane Callender Blue Ribbon Winner." Jane's figurines were marked on the base of the feet with either an imprinted backstamp or a hand lettered signature. One problem that has arisen over the years is that the ink used to hand sign the pieces was oftentimes not water proof so if a particular figurine was exposed to moisture or humidity those hand written marks could disappear over time.
Over the years the extruded clays can become quite brittle; when shopping for a Callender figurine try to chose a figurine with as much of the original extruded clay decoration intact as possible. Be sure to check the tail for chipped or repaired areas as the tails can be quite fragile. Remember that if a piece is not marked with an imprinted backstamp it may well be that the mark was originally made using a water solvent ink and may have disappeared over time."
Dimensions: 3" tall, 1.5" long, 1.75" wide at the widest point. Hand Painted.
Light crazing / crackling to the finish in some places, as is common in older figurines. I am guessing this is from the 1980s to 1990s.
Bright, lustrous color. A great addition to your Hairless Dog collection.
NO DAMAGE OF ANY KIND.
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