National Museums Liverpool 1988.371.3

Additional Image:

This side uses stipple engraving almost entirely. The figures are Venus and Cupid: love flourishes in peace.

 

The rest of the decoration is painted gilding

 

Shape Type: Miscellaneous

Pattern Type: Commemorative, Heraldic and Historical Events

Date: c. 1801-1802

Dimensions:

  • Diameter: 3.35 in (8.50 cm)
  • Height: 4.41 in (11.20 cm)
  • Length: 4.96 in (12.60 cm)

Maker: Flight and Barr

Description:

Flight and Barr, Worcester, mug printed with the figure of Peace, inscribed 'They that love Peace shall prosper' and 'Preliminaries of PEACE signed October 1, 1801'. The Peace of Amiens, a brief interval in the Napoleonic Wars between Britain and France, was signed in March 1802. Britain's negotiator Lord Cornwallis went to Paris in November 1801 to negotiate the final terms, and this mug...


BACK TO CATALOG INDEX