John Solomon Rarey (1827-1866)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1860
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
36 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Collection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341709
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, John Solomon Rarey (1827-1866), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of John Solomon Rarey with his horse 'Cruiser'. Horse facing right, a cloak over his saddle. In front of him Rarey standing. Note longer breeches.
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
RAREY (gilt script)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter