Amelia Bloomer, Mrs Dexter Bloomer (1818 - 1894)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1851
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
255 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341681
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Amelia Bloomer, Mrs Dexter Bloomer (1818 - 1894), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure, of Amelia Bloomer, Mrs Dexter Bloomer (1818 - 1894), standing, in a broad-brimmed hat, worn on the top of her head, she has a man's collar and bow tie; a long coat buttoned at the neck, and 'Bloomers'. A cigar in her left hand.
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
BLOOMERS (gilt script)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter