Robert Roy MacGregor (known as Rob Roy) (1671-1734)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
483 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341735
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, Robert Roy MacGregor (known as Rob Roy) (1671-1734), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of Rob Roy, standing, in full Scottish costume, plaid over his left shoulder. An octagonal shield, decorated with thistles, on his left arm.
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
ROB ROY (raised caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter