The Odd Couple: Billy Waters and Douglas

Early Staffordshire figures of Billy Waters give us a realistic glimpse of a notable individual of the early 1800s. Waters was a black peg-legged former American slave who entertained passers-by on London's streets then. He was a well-known character, and he even had a brief role in a play titled Life in London.Whereas nearly all Staffordshire figures have companion models, Billy Waters figures…