Antique Staffordshire pottery pearlware table base figure group "PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD"

Reference: 4192

Dated: c. 1825 Staffordshire English

A good PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD table base group strongly decorated in vibrant enamels colours with exceptionally bold script.
The masonic symbols and figures add softer whimsical touches to the directness of the message pronounced.
Perhaps the most iconic of the large scale table base figures attributed to "Obadiah Sherratt" in the early part of the 19th century.
This figure is one of the best examples of its type.

Dimensions: 10.50 inch wide 13.00 inch high

Medium: pottery pearlware staffordshire ceramic

Current Condition Restored angel wings, two replaced and restored head of angel at "Time Flyes".

Provenance: Andrew Dando Exhibition.

Literature: Page 272 chapter Religion, Myrna Schkolne's book People, Passions,Pastimes and Pleasures.Staffordshire Figures 1810-35

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