George Washington (1732-1799)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
390 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341690
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, George Washington (1732-1799), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of George Washington, standing, bare-headed. A tricorn hat in his left hand, a document in his right. Angular base.
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
WASHINGTON (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter