William Palmer (1824-1856)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1856
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
289 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341508
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, William Palmer (1824-1856), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figuren of the murderer William Palmer, 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
WILLIAM PALMER (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter