Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) as a Child 341347

Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) as a Child

Staffordshire Pottery

Balston Collection of Staffordshire figures © National Trust / Catriona Hughes

Date

1859

Materials

Earthenware

Measurements

214 mm (H)

Place of origin

Staffordshire

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Collection

Attingham Park, Shropshire

NT 341347

Summary

Ceramic, Staffordshire, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900) as a Child, Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Prince Alfred, standing, bare-headed, in navel costume. Right arm on a capstan, left hand holding a hat.

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

P ALFRED (raised caps.)

Makers and roles

Staffordshire Pottery, potter

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