Stone bookend?

This guy was floating around the last estate sale we just finished up..

Someone thought his yo be a doorstop but I think he'd chip too easy.

I *think* hes older..

So what is this ole boy and how old is he?

 

Looks like a bloodhound to me.

 

Its definitely a hound, hes also rather heavy

 

What size?
Is he cement?
If cement, could he have been an architectural embellishment?

 

Going off memory it's about 5" or so tall.
I think it may be cement

 

....or just a doorstop.

 

There is a collecting category in pottery called "sewer tile". It usually has a brick red color. I'm wondering if that might be the case here. It's considered folk art which can make it almost impossible to identify the manufacturer. There are other pottery folks around that would know that category better. Hopefully someone else will chime in and let me know if I'm off base.
Don

 

Ive been looking up sewer tiles and now my brow is raised.

Ive only seen them once, but it was awhile ago and I dont remember them with clarity

 

Can't hurt to send a photo to crockerfarm.com.

 

Yikes! Some of those crocks are out of this world!