Jug: The Corporation and William Hill
Caughley Porcelain Manufactory
- Art Funded
- 2005
- Dimensions
- Height: 22 cm
- Vendor
- Mercury Antiques
This is an election jug made in favour of William Hill who successfully won the 1796 Parliamentary Election in Shrewsbury.
This was a closely fought election campaign between William and his brother John Hill and was dubbed a 'family contest ... sprung from a pique' and the brothers attempted to buy votes with ale, food and more. Shrewsbury acquired the election jug for John Hill with the help of the Art Fund in 1965.
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Provenance
Mercury Antiques.