An interesting Mid 19th Century Antique English Victorian Staffordshire Pottery Figure Group commemorating "The Independent Order of Good Templars"~ H 1799, founded by Daniel Cady in Utica, New York in 1851 as a fraternal temperance society for teetotalers of either sex. It spread to England in 1868 when this figure, depicting the Master and his two Wardens was probably produced. Originally, the Good Templars worked three degrees, Heart, Charity and Royal Virtue. However, the rituals and regalia were much diminished in the 1970's as the organisation endeavoured to make itself more modern and relevant.
Height ~ 10.75 inches ~ Width ~ 9.00 inches ~ Depth ~ 4.00 inches ~ Year ~ Circa 1868
