Staffordshire pottery figure group Gretna Green Marraige by the Blacksmith circa 1820

Reference: 0483

Dated: c. 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 inch high

Medium: Staffordshire pottery pearlware bocage

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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