Dalmatian Puppy
Manufacturer: Schleich
Dalmation Puppy:
The Dalmatian is a dog of very ancient lineage that has come through the centuries virtually unchanged. Paintings of dogs resembling dalmatians running along-side chariots have been unearthed in Egyptian tombs. The Spanish Chapel of Santa Maria Novella in Florence, Italy, boasts a fresco painted in 1360 which depicts a spotted dog that strongly resembles a modern-day dalmatian. It may be because of these appearances in art, literature, and writings of antiquity that many claim the Dalmatian first appeared in Europe, Asia and Africa. The first references to the breed by its current name, Dalmatian, occur in the mid-eighteen hundreds. Article size in mm (L x W x H):62 x 24 x 34.