Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and King Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, later King of Italy (1820-1878)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1854
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
358 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341598
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and King Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, later King of Italy (1820-1878), Staffordshire Pottery. Two ful-length Staffordshire figures of Queen Victoria and the Victor Emmanuel II King of Sardinia, standing, crowned. The King on her left, with a dog between his legs.
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
QUEEN AND KING OF SARDINIA (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter