Possibly Julius Caesar (1830-1878)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
365 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341696
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Possibly Julius Caesar (1830-1878), Staffordshire Pottery. Ful-length Staffordshire figure of a cricketer, possibly Julius Caesar, standing, in a close-fitting cap, clean-shaven except for a moustache. Holding a bat in both hands.
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