£6550
Dated: 1835 Staffordshire
Antique Staffordshire pottery figure group of the RED BARN. This tablebase figure is the work of Obadiah Sherratt one of the most famous Staffordshire potters of the early 19th century in England. The murder at the Red Barn transfixed the nation in the 1830's with the murder of Mariah Martin by William Corder of Polestead in Essex England. The figures on the group show Corder inviting Mariah Martin into the barn for a chat which turned out to be her demise.
Dimensions: 1 inches high
Literature: Myrna Schkolne author book title People,Passion,Pastimes and Pleasures, Staffordshire Figures 1810-1835 gives a full account of the Red Barn story and illustrated several of the figures made in Staffordshire at the time of William Corders trial.
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Antique Staffordshire pottery figure group of the RED BARN.
This tablebase figure is the work of Obadiah Sherratt one of the most famous Staffordshire potters of the early 19th century in England.
The murder at the Red Barn transfixed the nation in the 1830’s with the murder of Mariah Martin by William Corder of Polestead in Essex England.
The figures on the group show Corder inviting Mariah Martin into the barn for a chat which turned out to be her demise.
| Dimensions | 1 in |
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