A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF 'CHRIST'S AGONY'

CIRCA 1835

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A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE FIGURE OF 'CHRIST'S AGONY'
Circa 1835
Of Sherratt-type, modelled as Christ kneeling and praying in the Garden of Gethsemane before a flowering tree, a winged angel holding a chalice and kneeling on the plinth at His right, impressed 'Father Let This Cup Pass', on a serpentine base, named on an oval panel
10½in. (26.5cm.) high

Literature

Manheim, pl. no. 47

Lot Essay

See Haggar, fig. 74, for an example without bocage. The quote found here is taken from The Gospel According to St. Matthew, Chapter 6 and reads 'O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me; nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt'.

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