Tom King (d.1737)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
266 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341510
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Tom King (d.1737), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of the highwayman, Tom King, standing, in tricorn hat, long coat and calf-boots with turn-overs. Right hand holds a mug against his chest.
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