KING AND CONSTITUTION", and further to the right is a suite of prints celebrating the Jubilee. The topmost image is a portrait entitled "GEORGE the THIRD in the 51st Year of his Reign."  A later portrait with a similar crowned and radiant portrait is known “Engraved by S. Freeman from Mr. Chalon’s miniature”.  It seems likely that this image also derived from the Chalon portrait. Below the portrait Faith and Britannia ride on a cloud holding a scroll inscribed "Happy would England be, Could George but live to see, Another JUBILEE" together with George III’s cypher and the number 50. A scene below is inscribed, "Let the Prisoners go Free Give God Praise Jubilee 25 Octr. 1809", and shows a large group of prisoners being freed from the old Tower of Liverpool and in the background is an equestrian figure of George III erected to celebrate this occasion. Royal Jubilees were traditionally times when certain prisoners, especially debtors, were freed and this was widely observed in 1809.

On the reverse of the jug is an oval portrait of inscribed "The RT. HBLE. LORD VISCT. WELLINGTON. K.B. &c. &c." supported by naval trophies. Below the portrait is a scene of two fighting ships.  

Other printed images on this piece include a traditional swagged floral border, vignettes of faith hope and charity, sailing ships and various generic prints that would appeal to the English patriotic market.

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Front of the jug showing the print of the Royal Coat of Arms. The engraving is signed within the etched foliage beneath the motto ribbon slightly to the left of center. The inscription is in reverse and reads "T. Dixon Scupt 1803", Thomas Dixon was an engraver known to have been working in Liverpool from 1806 to 1816 perhaps this is the first documentary evidence of his working there somewhat earlier.

 


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The reverse of the jug has prints including an oval portrait of inscribed "The RT. HBLE. LORD VISCT. WELLINGTON. K.B. &c. &c." supported by naval trophies.  Arthur Wellesley was ennobled as Viscount Wellington in 1809 for his successful command of the British Forces in Portugal during the early years of the Peninsular War in which Britain united with Portugal and with Spanish guerrilla forces to defeat the French first in Portugal and then in Spain . This portrait shows Wellington as a young British hero wearing the star of the grand cross of the order of the Bath to which he was admitted in 1803.   He continued to rise in the peerage to become the 1st Marquis of Wellington in 1812 and 1st Duke of Wellington in 1814.

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On the handle side of the jug is a a wreath conating a patriotic toast to King and Country, and beneath the handle is a small print entitled "O THE ROAST BEEF OF OLD ENGLAND", perhaps referring to the popular patriotic song of that time.

  

Shape Type: Miscellaneous

Pattern Type: Commemorative, Heraldic and Historical Events

Date: 1803

Dimensions:

  • Height: 16.65 in (42.30 cm)

Maker: Herculaneum

Engraver: T. Dixon

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A large creamware jug with printed decoration made to commemorate the Jubilee of King George III in1809. Beneath the lip is a central print of the Royal Coat of Arms dating from the 1801 Act of Union.  The engraving is signed in reverse T. Dixon Scupt 1803.

One side of the jug is printed with a small oval medallion inscribed, "KING AND CONSTITUTION", and further to the right...


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