Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861) and Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1854
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
314 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341576
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861) and Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figures of Prince Albert and Napoleon III, both standing, a wall and a heap of shells between them. Napoleon III (left) in a kepi under the Tricolor, and Albert (right) in a cocked hat under the Union Jack.
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
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Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter