A Worcester Parian bust of Prince Albert

A good Worcester Parian bust of Prince Albert after Ernest Jones, c. 1855.  Height 34cm (13½”)

Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (August 1819 – December 1861) was the husband and Prince Consort of Queen Victoria. He was her first cousin on her mother’s side. Together they had nine children, and their descendants were and are rulers or members of the nobility in many of the European Kingdoms. Prince Albert died at the age of only forty-two and Victoria spent the rest of her life in mourning.

The bust is marked E J Jones Sculptor and has the blue Kerr & Binns stamp. Kerr & Binns were the Worcester porcelain manufacturers from 1852 until 1862 when the Worcester Royal Porcelain Company Ltd “Royal Worcester” was formed. This bust is illustrated in The Parian Phenomenon page 202 fig 662, where it is dated 1855.

Condition: This bust is in very good condition. There is a small nick to the rear of the socle (see photograph).