Charlotte Saunders Cushman (1816-1876) as Romeo and her sister Susan Cushman (1822-1859) as Juliet in William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1852
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
260 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341482
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Charlotte Saunders Cushman (1816-1876) as Romeo and her sister Susan Cushman (1822-1859) as Juliet in William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figures of Charlotte Saunders Cushman as Romeo and her sister Susan Cushman as Juliet. Romeo, in skirted tunic (left). Juliet, in tight bodice and full skirt (right). Both standing, bare-headed.
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
I doubt it not; and all these woes shall serve For sweet discourse in our time to come. (Romeo) (transfer upper and lower case)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter