Catalogue Number
NMLH.1995.91.2
Object Name
Jug
Title
NO CORN BILL BAD LUCK TO THE MANCHESTER BUTCHERS. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE. HUNT AND LIBERTY / MAY THE ROSE OF ENGLAND NEVER BLOW ... ... ...
Place
Manchester & Lancashire & England & UK
People
Hunt, Henry; Commodore Bainbridge US Navy
Events
Peterloo Massacre
Description
Jug bearing naval emblem and portrait of Admiral Bainbridge beneath which is the phrase Hunt And Liberty. Jug has a purple lustre rim.
These ceramics celebrate Henry Hunt, the main speaker at Peterloo. They were sold to reformers protesting about the Massacre. Manufacturers re-used jugs produced for the American market. The image is actually Commodore Bainbridge, an American naval hero.
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