Antique Staffordshire pearlware pottery table base figure Bull Baiting ” Obadiah Sherratt” c1825

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£6500

Dated: 1825 Staffordshire English

Antique Staffordshire pearlware pottery table base figure Bull Baitng " Obadiah Sherratt" c1825. The figure is very strongly decorated in enamel colours, full of live and of social significance from the early 19th century. Several figures were produced relating to Bull Baiting,( the "sport" was banned in England in 1835) the "Sherratt" table base group is perhaps the most iconic.

Dimensions: 11 inches high, 14 inches wide

Literature: Myrna Schkolne Volume 2 , Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840 chapter 83 published by Schiffer and available at Amazon.com

£6500    $8775

Description

Antique Staffordshire pearlware pottery table base figure Bull Baitng ” Obadiah Sherratt” c1825.

The figure is very strongly decorated in enamel colours, full of live and of social significance from the early 19th century.
Several figures were produced relating to Bull Baiting,( the “sport” was banned in England in 1835) the “Sherratt” table base group is perhaps the most iconic.

Additional information

Dimensions 14 × 11 in