Sultan
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1854
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
329 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341619
Summary
Ceramic figure, 'Sultan', 1854, Staffordshire. Modelled as Abdulmejid I (1823-1861), Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, standing, facing half-right, in fez, military frock-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 (large raised caps)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter