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Mug
Creamware mug, transfer-printed and hand-coloured with a caricature of Napoleon holding an orb and sceptre and wearing a hugh hat. He is seated on a bear held by collar and chain amid a number of bystanders. The mug is inscribed in black: 'IOHN BULL SHEWING THE CORSICAN MONKEY', 'My Friends and Neighbours this is no monkey of the Common Order, he is a very cholerick little gentleman I assure you he is very fond of playing with globes and scepters, so I let him have one of each made of Gingerbread to amuse him in a Strange Country'. A red line is painted around the rim.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4472 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Mug |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Date made: | early 19th century |
| People: | Bonaparte, Napoleon |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 120 x 125 x 85 mm |
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