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Sir Robert Peel
Factory: Unknown
Buff salt-glazed stoneware with brown areas. Standing figure of Sir Robert Peel, holding a sheaf of corn in his left arm, and in his right hand, a scroll with a relief inscription 'BREAD/FOR THE/MILLIONS'. The cylindrical base is moulded in relief with his name 'SIR./R. PEEL''
History note: Stanley Woolstan, Hyde Park Corner, Cambridge; purchased on 1 June 1910 for 4s. 6d. by Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, Trinity College, Cambridge
Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest
Height: 24.4 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr
19th Century, Mid#
Victoria I
Circa
1846
CE
-
1850
CE
Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) had introduced the police force, and supported Catholic Emancipation in 1829. As prime minister (1841-46), he brought about the Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846 which greatly reduced the duty on imported grains, and therefore made bread cheaper.
The flask commemorates the prime minister Sir Robert Peel's work to bring about the Repeal of the Corn Laws in 1846
Surface composed of salt-glaze
Accession number: C.1218-1928
Primary reference Number: 71575
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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