William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
355 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341665
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of William Shakespeare, standing, dressed in cloak, doublet, breeches and stockings. left forearm on three books lying on a pedestal, a paper in his left hand, right hand touching it, left leg crossed over right.
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