Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861) and the Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1854
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
368 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341579
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Prince Albert, Prince Consort (1819-1861) and the Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figures of Prince Albert and Napoleon III, both standing in cocked hats, a wall and a heap of shells between them. Napoleon III under the Union Jack (left). Albert under the Tricolor (right).
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
NAPOLEON ALBERT (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter