Tom King (d.1737) on Horseback
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
283 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341504
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Tom King (d.1737) on Horseback, Staffordshire Pottery. Full-lenth Staffordshire figure of the highwayman Tom King, on a horse facing left. In tricorn hat, long coat, breeches and gaiters. A pistol in his right hand.
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
TOM KING (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter