Staffordshire Pew Groups

Recently on a visit to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, I stumbled on some rather quaint pottery figures in black and white that I immediately fell in love with. They are called Staffordshire Pew Groups. Here are some examples I found online:

Staffordshire Creamware Pew Group Circa 1745
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Staffordshire Pew Group - The Metropolitan Museum
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Although you can't take photos in the Fitzwilliam Museum, they have a huge searchable image catalogue, so you can see more if you follow this link here.