Antique Staffordshire pottery pearlware Bull Baiting figure by Sherratt.

Reference: 2497

Dated: c. 1815 Staffordshire England

Antique Staffordshire pottery pearlware bull baiting figure group with a rainbow base.
This small version is a rarity.
A similar figure group can be seen in the Brighton and Hove Museum.

Dimensions: 8.00 inch wide 6.75 inch high

Current Condition Professional restorations to extremeties

Literature: Myrna Shkolne. People, Passions , Pastimes and Pleasures ;Staffordshire Pottery 1810-35
Page 145 illustrates the figure located in the Brighton and Hove Museum England.
Chapter 13 is titled BULL BAITING and gives a fascinating insight to the social "sport" which was eventually banned in 1835

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