King William I, King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany (1797-1888)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
412 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341361
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, King William I, King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany (1797-1888), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of King William I of Prussia. Standing, bare-headed, in uniform.
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
KING OF PRUSSIA (gilt script)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter