Sultan
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1854
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
184 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341590
Summary
Ceramic figure, 'Sultan', 1854, Staffordshire. Modelled as Sultan Abdulmejid I (1823-1861), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire on horseback, facing left. In round plumed hat, short 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
SULTAN (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter