£700 - £1,000
A rare Staffordshire pearlware mug. Circa 1820, printed in black with a scene commemorating the failure of the Parliamentary Bill launched by The Prince Regent George IV 'Prinny' to divorce Princess Caroline of Brunswick. The base is ribbed and the mouth rimmed in pink lustre, H8.8cm. According to May: 'Possibly the rarest of Carolinae known'. Illustrated as plate 57. The print shows the scales of justice overseen by John Bull with speech bubbles reading 'Well done Caroline, they think to make light of you, but it won't do, I'll see fair play'. The lighter Prinny, trying to be dragged down by courtiers and the law beneath bags titled 'Green' and 'Secrets', but much outweighed by Caroline, with justice on her side, and acclaiming soldiers. This took place at the height of the Napoleonic Wars, hence the soldiers and ships in the background.
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