Dog of Flanders, Working best Dog. antique Pot metal Dog with Milk Cart

Believed to be a lamp part or a clock base, this wonderful gilded pot metal statue is unique and lovely from the Flemish Dog of Flanders story, it likely held milk jugs. 12.5” by 4.5” by 5”. Tail tip missing but gilded over best. Unusual statue. Working dog. Well casted with fine detail. It may have also been a serving piece.