King Edward VII (1841–1910) and Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) as Prince and Princess of Wales
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1862
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
401 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341321
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, King Edward VII (1841–1910) and Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) as Prince and Princess of Wales, Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figures of the Prince of Wales and Princess of Wales, standing, the Prince in civilian dress, top-hat in left hand (right). The Princess of Wales, her hair in a snood and hat over her right arm (left).
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
PRINCE AND PRINCESS (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter