Clock with John Milton (1608-1674) and William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
30 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341706
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Clock with John Milton (1608-1674) and William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Staffordshire Pottery. Two full-length Staffordshire figure - William Shakespeare with a clock in the middle, Milton (left) standing, left arm on two books, right holding a third against his side; Shakespeare (right) standing, right forearm on two books, a manuscript in each 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
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Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter