Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1859
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
276 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341349
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and later Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1844-1900), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Prince Alfred, standing, bare-headed, in naval costume. Right hand on a capstan, left holding a hat. A coil of rope near his left foot.
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 ALFRED (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter