£1100
Dated: 1835 Staffordshire English
A rare Staffordshire pottery figure of Jim Crow. Thomas Dartmouth Rice an actor parodied a crippled black slave named Jim Crow. Rice "blacked -up" for his unkind routine and was perhaps the man who inspired the Minstrels. Jim Crow performed his act in 1835 in London and caused a sensation. The figure represents a social insight to the period. (Myrna Schkolne reference Volume 2 Staffordshire Figures).
Dimensions: 7 inches high
Current Condition: Restored at hand.
Literature: Myrna Schkolne Volume 2 page 55 Staffordshire Figures 1780-1840
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A rare Staffordshire pottery figure of Jim Crow.
Thomas Dartmouth Rice an actor parodied a crippled black slave named Jim Crow.
Rice “blacked -up” for his unkind routine and was perhaps the man who inspired the Minstrels.
Jim Crow performed his act in 1835 in London and caused a sensation.
The figure represents a social insight to the period. (Myrna Schkolne reference Volume 2 Staffordshire Figures).
| Dimensions | 7 in |
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