A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF 'ST. PETER'

CIRCA 1825

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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF 'ST. PETER'
Circa 1825
Of Walton-type, modelled on bended knee and clasping his hands before a flowering tree, a cockerel and Bible open to the book of Luke at his side, a pair of crossed keys at his feet, on a mound base, named below
10 1/8in. (25.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

The chapter and verse noted on this piece reads as follows: Luke 22. [61] And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. [62] And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.

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