John Milton (1608-1674)
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1830 - 1870
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
362 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341752
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, John Milton (1608-1674), Staffordshire Pottery. Full-length Staffordshire figure of - John Milton, standing, bare-headed, in doublet, breeches and stockings. left hand holding paper, rests on three books on a flat pedestal, right arm holds down an open book.
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