Lovers
John Astbury
Category
Ceramics
Date
1686 - 1743
Materials
Ceramic
Measurements
110 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Clandon Park, Surrey
NT 1440361
Summary
[Salvaged] Astbury group of lovers seated on a russet mound, the man with his arm around the shoulders of his lady companion, their clothes of cream colour mottled in green and manganese. ?not genuine. Probably 19th century.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust in 1968 by Mrs Hannah Gubbay
Makers and roles
John Astbury, potter