A good early Staffordshire family group, circa 1825A good early Staffordshire family group, circa 1825Modelled as a mother and her two children, one child riding on a shaggy dog with black markings, the other standing beside a tree applied with distinctive pointed leaves and flowers, the green oval base with sieved clay and more leaves and flowers, 23.4cm highFor a closely related model which lacks the figure of the standing boy and the tree, see Myrna Schkolne, People, Passions, Pastimes and Pleasures (2006), p.83.