A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE 'COURTSHIP' GROUP
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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE 'COURTSHIP' GROUP

CIRCA 1825-30

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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE 'COURTSHIP' GROUP
Circa 1825-30
Of Obadiah Sherratt-type, modeled as a fashionably-dressed young couple seated on a bench before flowing leafy branches, he hold an engagement ring, a seated pup and a flower urn at their feet, on a shaped oval hollow base molded with scrolls
8 1/8 in. (20.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
With Jonathan Horne, London according to paper labels
Special notice
This lot is offered without reserve. No sales tax is due on the purchase price of this lot if it is picked up or delivered in the State of New York.
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ADDITIONAL PROVENANCE
The Thomas N. and A. Pat Barnard Collection, New Orleans, sold to endow a gift to Winterthur of over 200 Staffordshire figures from their collection.

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Lot Essay

For a titled example of this group see Pat Halfpenny, English Earthenware figures 1740-1840 (Woodbridge, 1991), p. 268.

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