Hand-blown art from the furnaces of Altaglass in the Historic Clay District of Medicine Hat Alberta.
Piece stands about 15 cm (6 inches) tall and has an approximately 5 cm (2 inches) in diameter base.
As dogs were his specialty, it is likely to have been made by Luigi Pezzillo in his six months at Altaglass, prior to his departure in 1972 (Swan Song, The Story of Altaglass,