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A good pair of Staffordshire pearlware marriage groups Circa 1825.
8 April 2009, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £6,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA good pair of Staffordshire pearlware marriage groups
Circa 1825.
Of Gretna Green and The New Marriage Act, the first with a blacksmith standing before an anvil, the couple at his side before a plaque inscribed 'John Macdonald aged 79 a Scotish Esquire run of with a English girl aged 17 to Gratnal Green the Old Blacksmith to be married', the other group with a parson and clerk performing the marriage, below a plaque inscribed 'The New Marriage Act John Frill and Ann Boke aged 21 That is right says the Parson Amen says the Clerk', both before flowering bocages, upon rectangular bases coloured in green and pink, 18.5cm high (blacksmith's hammer chipped, both with some chips to bocage) (2)
Of Gretna Green and The New Marriage Act, the first with a blacksmith standing before an anvil, the couple at his side before a plaque inscribed 'John Macdonald aged 79 a Scotish Esquire run of with a English girl aged 17 to Gratnal Green the Old Blacksmith to be married', the other group with a parson and clerk performing the marriage, below a plaque inscribed 'The New Marriage Act John Frill and Ann Boke aged 21 That is right says the Parson Amen says the Clerk', both before flowering bocages, upon rectangular bases coloured in green and pink, 18.5cm high (blacksmith's hammer chipped, both with some chips to bocage) (2)
Footnotes
The New Marriage Act refers to the Act of 18 July 1823, validating marriages performed without banns or licence which had previously been easily annulled. The sentiment behind this group favours the sanctity of marriage and it is unusual to find this perfectly paired with Gretna Green which makes light of the subject
