A pair of titled equestrian figures depicting Prince Albert and Queen Victoria on horseback.
Albert sits astride his horse wearing a plumed cocked hat and cobalt military jacket. The Queen sits side-saddle wearing a long cobalt and gilt dress and a plumed hat with a shawl. The horses are simply decorated in white with gilt spots and highlights to the manes and tails. Both figures are titled in raised gilt serif capitals - Albert is titled ‘ALBERT’ and the Queen is titled ‘QUEEN’.
These are perhaps the most commonly produced equestrian figures of British royalty and can be found both in full colour and in a sparser palette. This pair combines the two styles. Each is fairly simply and economically modelled from a single pair of press moulds.
Albert is in very good original condition with only an old, small, superficial chip to the back of the base. The Queen has a large, old chip to the underside of her hat, and some light kiln discolouration.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book One, p. 172, figs 501 and 502
Height: 9.5”
Date: c. 1850
A pair of titled equestrian figures depicting Prince Albert and Queen Victoria on horseback.
Albert sits astride his horse wearing a plumed cocked hat and cobalt military jacket. The Queen sits side-saddle wearing a long cobalt and gilt dress and a plumed hat with a shawl. The horses are simply decorated in white with gilt spots and highlights to the manes and tails. Both figures are titled in raised gilt serif capitals - Albert is titled ‘ALBERT’ and the Queen is titled ‘QUEEN’.
These are perhaps the most commonly produced equestrian figures of British royalty and can be found both in full colour and in a sparser palette. This pair combines the two styles. Each is fairly simply and economically modelled from a single pair of press moulds.
Albert is in very good original condition with only an old, small, superficial chip to the back of the base. The Queen has a large, old chip to the underside of her hat, and some light kiln discolouration.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book One, p. 172, figs 501 and 502
Height: 9.5”
Date: c. 1850
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