Crown Prince Frederick William later Emperor Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia (1831-1888) on Horseback
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
253 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341644
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Crown Prince Frederick William later Emperor Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia (1831-1888) on Horseback, Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Prince Frederick William of Prussia on a horse facing left. In plumed helmet, knee boots and heavy beard.
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
CROWN PRINCE (gilt script)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter