An English Tudor Stone Dogs Head .

With it's mouth wide open, trefoil ears,furrowed brow and wide eyes.

Possibly depicting a bull mastiff,the Englische Dogge was the most prized hunting mastiff in Central Europe in  medieval times. Until the thirteenth century in England, a mastiff-type dog was  called a 'docga', an Old English word, still retained on mainland Europe as  dogge in Germany, dogue in France and dogo in Spain.

I am unsure if this is from a church or private house but a well carved pooch all the same.

9" Wide

8" Deep

9" High

In good condition and colour.

For more information on the history of bull mastiffs in medieval and tudor England please press on link below

http://www.davidhancockondogs.com/archives/archive_399_493/432.html