The Allied Powers
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1845
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
302 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341563
Summary
Ceramic figure, 'The Allied Powers', 1845, Staffordshire. Modelled as Queen Victoria (1819-1901) in centre, Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873) and Abdulmejid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1823-1861), the last two in cocked hats.
Provenance
part of collection built up by Thomas Balston (d.1967). He wrote about the collection in Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age, 1958.
Marks and inscriptions
THE ALLIED POWERS (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter