Handsome and Alert! Pair of Early-Mid 20th Century Articulated Dogs amalfi 5" wide x 4" deep

5" wide x 4" deep

I've found several mentions/reproductions of it on sites devoted to stereoviews

I purchased these little booklets of paper samples along with a few stray wallpaper samples from a seller in Maine who often has great dollhouse furniture

and with a cloth hanger mounted on the back

And the painterly bands of white to either side of it

Handsome and Alert! Pair of Early-Mid 20th Century Articulated Dogs amalfi 5" wide x 4" deepQuite a handsome pair, the precise likes of which I've never seen, quite nicely constructed of what looks perhaps like walnut to me, with bright glass eyes, and jointed ears, heads, legs and tails. With their long snouts, they do look a bit like foxes with their ears raised, but surely are meant to be hounds with a great sense of alertness about them, as if poised to head out on a hunt! Both stand sturdy on their own and the smaller one balances quite