Prince Frederick William later Emperor Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia (1831-1888) and his wife Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Princess Royal, later Empress of Prussia (1840–1901)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1857
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
404 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341343
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Prince Frederick William later Emperor Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia (1831-1888) and his wife Princess Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Princess Royal, later Empress of Prussia (1840–1901), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figures of the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William of Prussia. Standing, bare-headed. Prince Frederick William of Prussia on the 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
PRINCESS ROYAL AND FRK OF PRUSSIA (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter