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Hunting Series 18.75 inch platter known as Fox Hunting - The Death. Notice the many foxhounds surrounding the hunters. And the fox!
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An afternoon walk led to a serendipitous discovery. David and I thought we'd take a detour through my old neighborhood, where I lived in the 1970s. In front of my old house, there appeared a dog and two people. When I said that I used to live in their house, they treated us like old friends. (They would have welcomed us into the house, but Covid-19 prevented this.) We talked about neighbors we both knew, gardens, Palo Alto, and their dog. I thought the dog was a beagle, but I learned she was a foxhound. The old saying about a "light bulb going off in your head" actually happened to me! My brain went immediately to a dark blue transferware series known as the "Hunting Series." It mainly features scenes from a fox hunt. The dogs looked like beagles with long legs, but I realized they were foxhounds.
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Hunting Series 16.25 inch platter known as Fox Hunt - The Start
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Hunting Series 14.6 inch platter known as Fox Hunting - In Full Cry
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One more thing. What kind of bird is in the border? Is it being hunted too?
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Hunting Series border. What kind of bird is this?
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