Name/Title
Boxer FigurineEntry/Object ID
2022.2.85.107Description
A small figurine of a Boxer dog mounted on a marble base. A small metal plate attached to the base is engraved with the word "Rex ."Rex was Louis Bromfield's first Boxer.Context
Rex was Louis Bromfield's first boxer. Rex arrived at the Bromfield home in France as the gift of a family friend. The entrance of Rex into Bromfield's life began a love affair with boxers that lasted the remainder of Bromfield's life. The second boxer to become a member of the Bromfield household was a female named Regina. She also was a gift, arriving as a pup in 1938, just as the Bromfield family was leaving France on a journey that would soon result in the establishment of Malabar Farm.
According to Louis Bromfield in his book, Animals and Other People (1955, "Rex and Regina became the founders of a long line of boxers at Malabar. Three of their sons – Prince, Baby, and Smoky – lived there until they died. Their brothers and sisters are scattered all over the country..."
- Research and text by Thomas Bachelder of the Malabar Farm Foundation
