Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
176 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341316
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figures of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. The Queen (right) and Prince Albert (left) standing arm-in-Arm; she in poke bonnet, shawl, muff and long skirt; he in top-hat and frock-coat. Queen Victoria (1819-1901) succeeded to the throne in 1837 and married Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha in 1840.
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
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Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter