King Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1840
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
305 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341699
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, King Leopold I, King of the Belgians (1790-1865), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Leopold, King of the Belgians, standing, bare-headed, in uniform.
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
LEOPOLD KING OF BELGIUM (gilt script)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter