Staffordshire Pottery John Brown, Abolitionist, C. 1859.

Name: Staffordshire Pottery John Brown, Abolitionist, C. 1859.
Brand: Antique
SKU: SA1079347
Availability: SoldOut

19th century

Sold by Philip Carrol Antiques

Description

A fine and rare Staffordshire pottery figure of the American abolitionist, John Brown, c. 1859. Compassionately modelled as the anti slavery campaigner, accompanied by two young Afro American children. Decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, and enamels, beneath a pearlware glaze.

Titled to the base in raised capitals ‘John Brown’. Heightened in gilt.

Height – 28.5 cm, 11 1/4”.

Width – 14 cm, 5 1/2”.

Depth – 5.8 cm, 2 1/4”.

Condition – Typical minor wear to the gilt title. No damage. No restoration. In excellent condition.

Staffordshire Portrait Figures, P.D.Gordon Pugh, colour plate 21, p.205.

Victorian Staffordshire Figures, A. & N. Harding, Fig. 55, p.33.

John Brown (1800-1859) Born in Connecticut, and grew to become an important campaigner for the abolition of slavery.

He established a refuge for escaped slaves in the mountains of Virginia. An ill fated attack by him and eighteen of his men, on the US Armoury at Harpers Ferry in 1859, resulted in his capture, by marines led by Robert E. Lee.

Brown was tried and convicted of insurrection and murder, by a Court in Virginia, and sentenced to death by hanging.

Republicans popularised the song ‘John Browns body lies a-mouldering in the grave’ during the American Civil War.

Physical Dimensions

Height

28.5cm (11.22")

Width

14cm (5.51")

Depth

5.8cm (2.28")

Declaration

Philip Carrol Antiques has dated this piece to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers

Sellingantiques Reference

SA1079347

Description

A fine and rare Staffordshire pottery figure of the American abolitionist, John Brown, c. 1859.

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Compassionately modelled as the anti slavery campaigner, accompanied by two young Afro American children.

Philip Carrol Antiques

Decorated in underglaze cobalt blue, and enamels, beneath a pearlware glaze.

fig 1. Staffordshire pottery John Brown, Abolitionist, c. 1859. — fig 1. Staffordshire Pottery John Brown, Abolitionist, C. 1859.

Titled to the base in raised capitals ‘John Brown’. Heightened in gilt.

Height – 28.5 cm, 11 1/4”.

Width – 14 cm, 5 1/2”.

Depth – 5.8 cm, 2 1/4”.

Condition – Typical minor wear to the gilt title. No damage. No restoration. In excellent condition.

fig 2. Staffordshire pottery John Brown, Abolitionist, c. 1859. — fig 2. Staffordshire Pottery John Brown, Abolitionist, C. 1859.

Staffordshire Portrait Figures, P.D.Gordon Pugh, colour plate 21, p.205.

Victorian Staffordshire Figures, A. & N. Harding, Fig. 55, p.33.

John Brown (1800-1859) Born in Connecticut, and grew to become an important campaigner for the abolition of slavery.

fig 3. Staffordshire pottery John Brown, Abolitionist, c. 1859. — fig 3. Staffordshire Pottery John Brown, Abolitionist, C. 1859.

He established a refuge for escaped slaves in the mountains of Virginia. An ill fated attack by him and eighteen of his men, on the US Armoury at Harpers Ferry in 1859, resulted in his capture, by marines led by Robert E. Lee.