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Icelandic Sheepdog Crystal Glass Holiday Ornament - Dogs of the South of France

Icelandic Sheepdog Crystal Glass Holiday Ornament - Dogs of the South of France

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The Icelandic Sheepdog. Ears up, tail over the back, all four feet off the ground and a soccer ball one bounce ahead. A dog built for lava fields and sheep in the fog, loose on a Mediterranean beach and making the most of it.

The Icelandic Sheepdog is Iceland's only native breed, a small fox-faced spitz that came over in the longships with the Norse settlers in the ninth century and has herded sheep and ponies across the island ever since. He is close kin to the Norwegian Buhund and the other Nordic spitzes: the pricked triangular ears, the tightly curled plume of a tail, the weatherproof double coat in tan, cream or tricolor with white on the face, chest and feet. Shakespeare knew the type - Pistol in Henry V insults a rival as a prick-eared cur of Iceland. Disease and a ban on imports nearly finished the breed in the twentieth century; it was pulled back from a few dozen dogs in the 1950s, and it was recognized in America in 2010. It is still one of the rarer breeds in the world.

Anyone who has one knows the voice: an Icelandic announces everything, cheerfully, at volume, and then wants to know what you are going to do about it. This ornament is for that dog. Celebrate the spitz who runs your house, or keep one close on the tree every December. He is the second of our Dogs of the South of France - La Collection des Chiens de la Côte d’Azur - a long way from Reykjavík and not the least bit sorry.

For Icelandic people, for spitz people, for anyone with a dog worth an ornament, and for the friend who is still talking about theirs.

The art is our own drawing, printed on a three-inch faceted crystal glass round and white-backed so the ink lines read sharp against a lit tree; the old laced leather ball is the only color in the picture, in the same faded holiday red as the rest of the series. The faceted edge catches light from every angle. Arrives boxed - your choice of white or gold gift box at checkout.

3-inch (76 mm) round crystal glass ornament · faceted gem-cut edge · white-backed print for crisp contrast · red ribbon hanger · your choice of white or gold gift box, included · free U.S. shipping.


QUICK FACTS — ICELANDIC SHEEPDOG CRYSTAL GLASS CRYSTAL ORNAMENT — DOGS OF THE SOUTH OF FRANCE

Series: Crystal Glass Ornament

Art: Dogs of the South of France, original Merlin Classics engraving printed to the glass

Blank: 3-inch (76 mm) round clear crystal glass ornament, faceted gem-cut edge

Print: white-backed for contrast; red ribbon hanger

Packaging: white or gold gift box, chosen at checkout

Made to order in the USA



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