Antique Staffordshire Model of Stanfield Hall

• England, circa 1860
• Dimensions: Height - 6 inches Width - 5 1/2 inches

In the middle of the 1800’s, Staffordshire potters started producing little ceramic castles and cottages which were displayed in British homes. These pieces were produced for the working and middle class customers to be decorative objects placed on mantles or in cabinets. Some of these are floral-embellished cottages from a romanticized rural life, and others represented castles and buildings of the time. Also, some depict “murder houses” where actual crimes were committed.

A charming Staffordshire pottery house model of Stanfield Hall, residing on an oval base. It is a lovely decorative country house piece decorated with an underglaze blue roof and orange doors. There is green grass in the front with two large flowers applied. At the base is titled in gold ‘Stanfield Hall’.

These models were made to commemorate a famous double murder which occurred in 1848. The house was built in the 13th century, and still stands today in Norfolk.

These lovely pieces can remind us that even the smallest objects can tell powerful stories about history and culture.