Staffordshire pottery group commemorating Grace Darling and her father's heroic rescue of nine men from the wreck of the "FORFARSHIRE" in 1848. Her father was the lighthouse-keeper on Longstone Island, Northumberland where the family lived. Grace became a national heroine and was a celebrated personality. She died from consumption several years later.
 
H 170 x W 150 mm.
 
c. 1840
 
Some wear to the gilt plinth-line but otherwise excellent condition.
 
Uncommon.