| The Dog and Partridge, Hot
Lane, Cobridge, was here in 1828 and probably at a much earlier
period.
The present building is, however, a relatively new one, erected in the early part of the present century.
The sign illustrated, like the Dog and Pheasant, Dog and Gun, etc., refers to a rather more genial sport than those first mentioned above. In an inn of this sign the dog must, of course, be a pointer, setter, or an old English spaniel. Inns and Beerhouses of Stoke-on-Trent Index
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Most dog signs are
also include some other animal or object. Common examples are the Dog
and Bear, Dog and Bull, Dog and Duck, Dog and Badger, etc. all referring
to the sports of our ancestors. Other common signs are the Dog in a
Doublet (i.e., a dog pretending to be a man, a symbol of
impropriety), and the Dog and Crock. This last refers to a
sluttish housewife - she first allows the dog to lick clean the dishes,
then wipes them with his tail, and indeed may actually be seen doing
this on some old signs.