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Sir Robert Peel: C.1218-1928

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Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

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Sir Robert Peel

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Factory: Unknown

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Description

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''

Notes

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

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 24.4 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

19th Century, Mid
Victoria I
Circa 1846 CE - 1850 CE

Note

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

School or Style

Victorian

People, subjects and objects depicted

Components of the work

Surface composed of salt-glaze

Materials used in production

Stoneware

Techniques used in production

Moulding
Salt-glazing

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: BREAD/FOR THE/MILLIONS
  • Location: On scroll
  • Method of creation: Integrally moulded in relief
  • Type: Inscription
  • Text: SIR./R.PEEL
  • Location: On front of base
  • Method of creation: Integrally moulded in relief
  • Type: Inscription

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Identification numbers

Accession number: C.1218-1928
Primary reference Number: 71575

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 26 March 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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