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National Museums Liverpool 59.7.81
Additional Image: The other side has a print of the Royal Arms, which includes the signature "T.Dixon 1803" hidden and reversed in mirror-image. We have turned the photo of the mark round so that you can read it.
Under the lip is a printed cartouche enclosing the painted initials E&EJ and the date 1810. At the top is a copy of the Sun newspaper. |
Shape Type: Miscellaneous Pattern Type: Commemorative, Heraldic and Historical Events Date: 1810 Dimensions:
Maker: Herculaneum Pottery Engraver: Thomas Dixon Worker: Thomas Dixon Engraver's Mark: Worker's Mark: Description: Creamware jug made at the Herculaneum Pottery, Toxteth, Liverpool, and printed in black with a scene of prisoners being set free in celebration of King George III's Golden Jubilee in 1809. Inscribed "Let the Prisoners Go Free / Give GOD Praise Jubilee 25 Oct 1809" and "Happy would England be / Could George / but live to see / Another JUBILEE." Above are figures... BACK TO CATALOG INDEX
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