General Ludwig Samson Arthur Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815-1881) on Horseback
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
371 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341647
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, General Ludwig Samson Arthur Freiherr von und zu der Tann-Rathsamhausen (1815-1881) on Horseback, Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of General Von Der Tann-Rathsamhausen on a horse facing right, in plumed helmet, uniform, and knee-boots.
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
G.V.D.TANN (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter