This figurine was my grandmothers and was bought in England over 50 years ago. It sits on a roughly made wooden disc that has hand made wooden stem feet (3). It has a glass dome that has a rough edge that sits in a groove in the disc stand. It is very detailed and there is a royal crest on the back of the chair she sits in. Please see pictures. I really don’t know anything else except my Aunt (now in her 90s) said it is very valuable. I don’t know. Any information anyone has will be appreciated. Thank you very much.
Jon
Queen Victoria
Parian Ware
1850
This portrait of the queen in an expensive form of ceramics was obviously intended for the upper middle classes who could afford it. Contrast it to the crude Staffordshire pottery figures that served as the three-dimensional ceramic version of a printed broadside.
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/design/ceramics/victoria/4.html
Photo from the above website. It seems it is an antique and considered an expensive and Parian. Thank you to the website which by it’s existence spurred me to do some research and find out about this piece which I have wondered about for years.
