Staffordshire model of ‘Stanfield Hall’
$465.00 AUD
Staffordshire model of ‘Stanfield Hall’, depicted with underglaze blue roof, orange chimneys and doors, and green grass with 2 large flowers applied, titled in gold ‘Stanfield Hall’
Circa 1860
H: 13.8cm
W: 16cm
good condition, crazing, minor losses
The Murders at Stanfield Hall were a notorious Victorian era double murderon 28 November 1848 that was commemorated in print, pottery, wax, as well as a novel by Joseph Shearing. Additionally, it was the inspiration for the 1948 English film Blanche Fury, The victims, Isaac Jermy and his son Isaac Jermy were shot and killed on the porch and in the hallway of their mansion, Stanfield Hall, Norwich, The perpetrator, James Bloomfield Rush (1800–1849), their delinquent tenant-farmer, who had conducted a complex, devious scheme to defraud them of their property and their lives, was hanged at Norwich Castle on 21 April 1849. The unwitting accomplice to the attempted fraud was Emily Sandford, whom Rush had employed as a governess but who was also his mistress.
Staffordshire potteries produced collectable figures of Rush and Sandford, plus the main locations Potash Farm, Stanfield Hall and Norwich Castle.
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