The Sultan
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1854
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
282 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341544
Summary
Ceramic figure, 'The Sultan', 1854, Staffordshire. Modelled as Abdulmejid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1823-1861) on a horse facing left. In plumed turban, long 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
THE SULTAN (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter