£50
A Staffordshire figure of notorious 'Stanfield Hall', circa 1850, 'True Crime' interest, depiction of 'Stanfield Hall', the site of the notorious double murders of 1848 committed by James B Rush, polychrome enamel painted with gilded details on a white ovoid titled base, 14cm. Note: James Bloomfield Rush was the tenant farmer of his victims, Isaac Jermy and his son of the same name, who were shot dead on the porch and in the hallway of their residence, Stanfield Hall in Norwich. Rush attempted to murder Mrs Jermy (wife of the younger Isaac) and their servant, Eliza Chastney. Both women were badly injured but survived. Despite a clumsy disguise of false whiskers, Rush was recognised by the two survivors, and sentence to hang at Norwich Castle on 21st April 1849.
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