A striking and well-coloured pair depicting a standing Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Victoria has her right arm across her waist and wears a crown, ermined cloak, cobalt and gilt bodice, white skirt decorated with flowers and black and gilt stripes, and a tartan sash. Albert rests his right hand on his hip and holds a sword in his left, next to a pillar. He wears an orange ermined cloak, a cobalt and gilt tunic with white and gilt epaulettes, yellow gloves, white trousers, and a tartan sash belt.
Both figures are richly decorated in a style and colour palette closely associated with royal figures of this period. The figures present very nicely and make for an impactful display. They are in generally good condition with no significant damage. There are spots of enamel flaking (most notably Victoria’s black hair, Albert’s black shoes, the black of the sword blade, and the notoriously flaking-prone orange of Albert’s cloak. There are some very subtly spots of surface wear commensurate with age and the occasional spot of kiln soot in the glaze but nothing untoward. The remnants of an old dealer’s stickers are on the back of the figures but these can be easily cleaned away. Surviving matching labels are affixed to the bases, indicating they were once stock of Sussex-based dealer Ron Beech.
The Hardings record these figures as being made in two sizes - 11” and 8.75”. They suggest that the larger size is typically titled and the smaller is made on circular untitled bases - however these examples are in the larger size but are untitled and on circular bases.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book One, p. 160, figs. 427 and 428
Height: 11”
Date: c. 1840s
Provenance: Formerly stock of Ron Beech
A striking and well-coloured pair depicting a standing Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
Victoria has her right arm across her waist and wears a crown, ermined cloak, cobalt and gilt bodice, white skirt decorated with flowers and black and gilt stripes, and a tartan sash. Albert rests his right hand on his hip and holds a sword in his left, next to a pillar. He wears an orange ermined cloak, a cobalt and gilt tunic with white and gilt epaulettes, yellow gloves, white trousers, and a tartan sash belt.
Both figures are richly decorated in a style and colour palette closely associated with royal figures of this period. The figures present very nicely and make for an impactful display. They are in generally good condition with no significant damage. There are spots of enamel flaking (most notably Victoria’s black hair, Albert’s black shoes, the black of the sword blade, and the notoriously flaking-prone orange of Albert’s cloak. There are some very subtly spots of surface wear commensurate with age and the occasional spot of kiln soot in the glaze but nothing untoward. The remnants of an old dealer’s stickers are on the back of the figures but these can be easily cleaned away. Surviving matching labels are affixed to the bases, indicating they were once stock of Sussex-based dealer Ron Beech.
The Hardings record these figures as being made in two sizes - 11” and 8.75”. They suggest that the larger size is typically titled and the smaller is made on circular untitled bases - however these examples are in the larger size but are untitled and on circular bases.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book One, p. 160, figs. 427 and 428
Height: 11”
Date: c. 1840s
Provenance: Formerly stock of Ron Beech
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