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Bone china mug, unmarked but made by Coalport, 1800 (c)-1820 (c). White straight-sided, painted with gold lettering, gold rim and base and handle decoration, and in coloured enamels. Inscribed to left of handle, ‘To protect our/ Families and Property’ and to the right, ‘In defence of our/ King & Country’. This pattern is first recorded for the Oswestry (Shropshire) Rangers 1797 (c) to 1802 (c) and also appears with the initials ‘LWV’ (possibly Loyal W--- Volunteers’ (decorated by independent firms). Titled in script, ‘Success to the/ Manchester Cavalry’, over a tarleton helmet and sabre crossed with a pistol, possibly just predating the Peterloo Massacre (1819).

Peterloo Massacre, 1819 (Civil Unrest 1800-1899)