Bidspirit auction | Read Brothers Dog's Head Guinness

Read Brothers Dog's Head Guinness Advertising Match Striker - A Read Brothers of London advertising match striker and spill holder in the form of a bulldog's head. The piece is constructed from glazed stoneware with hand-painted tan, brown, and black underglaze decoration. The bulldog is modelled wearing a collar which features the incised and brown-painted inscription DOG'S HEAD to one side and GUINNESS to the other. The chest area incorporates a triangular unglazed textured patch for striking matches. The top of the head is open to form a vessel for matches or spills. The underside of the base rim is incised with the characters READ BROTHERS LONDON, along with a small O and a single notch mark. 4 inches high