Date:1784 - 1792 (c.)
Description:Jasper plaques150mm x 120mm.This pair of blue jasper plaques (on the left) with busts in white relief, depict a woman with her hands clasped and an anguished man. The man and woman are probably Werther and Charlotte from the novel 'The Sorrows of Young Werther', by Goethe (1749-1832), which was published in 1774.The novel mirrored Geothe's affair with Charlotte Buff, a friend's fiancée. In the book Werther commits suicide, but Goethe escaped his problems by running away. The plaques have an Enoch Wood impressed mark underneath.Jasper plaques150mm x 120mm. Made 1784-1792.
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Jasper plaques150mm x 120mm.This pair of blue jasper plaques (on the left) with busts in white relief, ...
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Donor ref:2446, 2447 (159/20779)
Source: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
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