Inspired by ancient animal figurines, contemporary potters are ... dominate the West and its colonies in the mid-19th century, ceramic animals reflected a decidedly more domesticated cast.

“Look at the vein structure in the horse’s face. Hagen-Renaker makes the finest ceramic animal figurines in the world.” The company’s current 220-piece product line runs from a half-inch ...

using it to form tiny ceramic animals and people. When the children were called away, perhaps to eat a meal, they left the completed figurines, assorted legs and heads, and undefined objects ...

She said that two days before he died, Koch told his sister that he wanted his lunch pals to have the figurines. The ceramic animals’ arrival at homes across the city sparked laughter from the ...