Turkey, England, France
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1854
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
256 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341592
Summary
Ceramic figure, 'Turkey England France', 1854, Staffordshire. Modelled as Abdulmejid I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1823-1861), Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and the Emperor Napoleon III, Emperor of France (1808-1873).The Queen standing centre, crowned, with the Sultan in a turban on right, and the Emperor bare-headed on 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
TURKEY, ENGLAND, FRANCE (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter