{"product_id":"d6015-royal-doulton-sairey-gamp-sarah-gamp-character-tea-pot-character-jug-derivative-3","title":"D6015 Royal Doulton Sairey Gamp | Sarah Gamp character tea pot | character jug derivative | #2","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoyal Doulton Dickens Sairey Gamp character tea pot D6015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese ultra rare character tea pots were only produced for a short period during the WWII era - and there certainly weren't \"abundantly produced\" as allocation of scarce resources to propound the war effort took precedence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesigner: Leslie Harradine \u0026amp; Harry Fenton\u003cbr\u003eIssued: 1939 - 1942 [this one dates from c.1940]\u003cbr\u003eMade in England GUARANTEED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox 18.5cm (7 1\/3\") tall\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eApprox 26cm (10\") handle to spout\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn excellent condition with minor, clean glaze crazing\u003cbr\u003eGUARANTEED free from damage and repair\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Sairey Gamp\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eSarah or Sairey Gamp, Mrs. Gamp as she is more commonly known, is a nurse in the novel Martin Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens, first published as a serial in 1843–1844.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMrs. Gamp is dissolute, sloppy and generally drunk. In her long, rambling speeches, she refers constantly to her friend Mrs. Harris as support for her questionable practices. It becomes clear, however, that no such person exists other than as a figment of her imagination. She became a notorious stereotype of untrained and incompetent nurses of the early Victorian era, before the reforms of campaigners like Florence Nightingale.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe caricature was popular with the British public. A type of umbrella became known as a gamp because Mrs. Gamp always carries one, which she displays with \"particular ostentation\".\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe character was based upon a real nurse described to Dickens by his friend, Angela Burdett-Coutts. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Royal Doulton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49199815885028,"sku":"RA-0008677_A","price":1490.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0070\/9528\/7908\/files\/sairey_gamp_teapot_2a.jpg?v=1749265332","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutantiques.com.au\/products\/d6015-royal-doulton-sairey-gamp-sarah-gamp-character-tea-pot-character-jug-derivative-3","provider":"Roundabout Antiques","version":"1.0","type":"link"}