Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873) and the Empress Eugénie, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1826-1920)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
294 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341548
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873) and the Empress Eugénie, consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1826-1920), Staffordshire Pottery. Ful-length Staffordshire figures of Napoleon III, standing in plumed cocked hat, uniform and trousers (right) and the Empress Eugenie standing, bare-headed, in low bodice, flounced skirt and overskirt; her hand on his right forearm (left).
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
EMPEROR EMPRESS (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter