posted 03-14-2008 03:14 PM            

Hi,

I found this dog in a box of thing I inherited late last year, I have seen a another one very much like it, it is listed on the internet but it says it is silver, I would like to know its Age, Who Made it and should it be cleaned? And could anybody tell me would I be able to have the legs relind.

I have always been interested in silver I think it is better looking than gold. At a young age I collected proof silver coin and I'm very interested in Newcastle silver

Could anyone tell me anything about a WMF great Dane sculpture on its paw there is a mark WMF.B & a.s

I found this dog in a box of things I inherited late last year, I have seen a another one very much like it, it is listed on the internet but it says it is silver.

I would like to know its age, Who Made it and should it be cleaned. Also, could anybody tell me would I be able to have the legs relind.

I have always been interested in silver I think it is better looking than gold. At a young age I collected proof silver coin and I'm very interested in Newcastle silver

thanks
Chris

posted 08-13-2018 08:32 PM            

Because this is base metal it would be very difficult or impossible to realign the legs and paws. Trying to bending this kind of cast base metal usually results in breaking rather than bending them back to their original alignment. You might find someone willing to give it a try but they would have to heat the metal and be really, really careful not to melt it since the melting point is not very high. And they would likely wind up simply breaking the legs off anyway. My recommendation is to simply enjoy it as it is and consider the bent legs to be a sign of its age, patina, and history.