£1600
Dated: 1823 Staffordshire pottery pearlware bocage earthenware
Antique Staffordshire pottery figure of a couple being married by the blacksmith at Gretna Green Scotland just over the English border. The Marraige Act of 1823 enabled couples to be married without parental consent.However, to this day, marraiges are still performed in Gretna Green.Romance is not totally dead.
Dimensions: 7.75 inches high
Literature: Myrna Schkolne, People Passions,Pastimes and Pleasures ,STaffordshire Figures 1810-35. Chapter 6.There is an iluustration of a Sherratt type Staffordshire figure group of a Gretna Green wedding.
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Antique Staffordshire pottery figure of a couple being married by the blacksmith at Gretna Green Scotland just over the English border. The Marraige Act of 1823 enabled couples to be married without parental consent.However, to this day, marraiges are still performed in Gretna Green.Romance is not totally dead.
| Dimensions | 7.75 in |
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