William Shakespeare's House, Stratford-upon-Avon
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
267 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341663
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, William Shakespeare's House, Stratford-upon-Avon, Staffordshire Pottery. A Staffordshire model of William Shakespeare's House, a 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 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
SHAKESPEARE'S HOUSE (gilt script)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter