Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1850
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
272 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341621
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Admiral Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Admiral Sir Charles Napier, standing, bare-headed, in naval uniform. Hat in right hand, cloak in left, with gun and shells against his right leg.
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
C.NAPIER (gilt script)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter