A Staffordshire pottery cottage titled Potash Farm in gilt

Description

A  Staffordshire pottery cottage of Potash Farm near Wymondham Norfolk , home of James Bloomfield Rush who on 28th November 1848 shot dead his landlord Isaac Jermy and his son. He was convicted and hanged on the 14th April 1849

Circa: 1849.

Condition: Small chip to the blue flower, paint flakes to the green at front of the cottage and orange chimneys, now cleaned and restored, please see images 10, 11, and 12 for before restoration and 1, 2, 3 for after restoration. The letters touched in on the gilt title and cracks to the base at the back left in their damaged condition.

Provenance from the late Dennis Silk CBE collection.

Height 15cm,  “6 inches” width 17cm  “6.75 inches”