Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1855
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
358 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341564
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Florence Nightingale, standing, a veil on her head. Wears the locket, with a Cross on it, given by Queen Victoria.
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
MISS / NIGHTINGALE (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter