King Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, later King of Italy (1820-1878) on Horseback
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1855
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
298 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341613
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, King Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, later King of Italy (1820-1878) on Horseback, Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of the King of Sardinia on a horse facing right. In cocked hat and uniform. Both hands on his lap.
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
K. OF SARDINIA (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter