Prince Frederick William later Emperor Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia (1831-1888) on Horseback
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1857
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
268 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341711
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Prince Frederick William later Emperor Frederick III, Emperor of Germany, King of Prussia (1831-1888) on Horseback, Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Prince Frederick William of Prussia non a horse facing right. In a cloak over his uniform, cocked hat and his right hand on his thigh.
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
PRINCE F. PRUSSIA (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter