William Shakespeare's House, Stratford-upon-Avon
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
140 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341654
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, William Shakespeare's House, Stratford-upon-Avon, Staffordshire Pottery. Staffordshire model of Shakespeare's two storied cottage, with one door and three windows, a thatched roof and two chimney stacks. Represents the birthplace at Stratford-on-Avon as it was before the restorations of 1857-8.
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
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Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter