Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti) (1792-1878)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
450 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341439
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Pope Pius IX (Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti) (1792-1878), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Pope Pius IX, standing, in skull-cap, knee-length coat and trousers.
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
HIS HOLINESS THE POPE (gilt script)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter