A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE GROUP OF A COURTING COUPLE

CIRCA 1820-25

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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE GROUP OF A COURTING COUPLE
Circa 1820-25
Of John Walton-type, modelled sitting on a bench, the young man presenting a ring to a rather disengaged lady
8in. (20.2cm.) high

Literature

Manheim, pl. no. 27

Lot Essay

See Oliver, p. 45, fig. 53. This group is sometimes found on a table base, titled 'The Engagement' or 'The Perswaition'. Possibly depicted here are the lovers from Jane Austen's novel, 'The Persuasion', published in 1818. Her lovers, Anne Elliot and Captain Frederick Wentworth, elope. After a long separation and deep misunderstandings they are reunited in marital bliss.

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