A STAFFORDHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF 'THE READING MAID'

CIRCA 1825-30

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A STAFFORDHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF 'THE READING MAID'
Circa 1825-30
Of Sherratt-type, the little girl sitting before a tree, wearing a flowered dress and reading, on a square table base, named below, above floral swags and bracket feet
11½in. (29.2cm.) high

Literature

Manheim, pl. no. 35

Lot Essay

See Oliver, p. 45, fig. 52. It has long been speculated that Sherratt was illiterate and it is documented that he signed his marriage license with an X. As such, this serene figure of a reading maiden would actually have been a shout of triumph and wonder.

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