19th Jun, 2012 10:00
Fine Art Sale
Sold for £550
Lot details
A rare pink lustre Creamware election tankard, transfer printed in brown with a bust portrait of ''TW (Thomas Wentworth) Beaumont M.P. for the County of Stafford. 1826'' and flags declaring ''Beaumont for Ever'' and ''Beaumont and Independency'' also painted ''Iohn.Graham Born Septr 5th 1810'', probably the North Shields Pottery, c.1826., 3 3/4in. (9.5cms) high. NB Beaumont stood in the Alnwick Election of July 1826 and lost, quickly re-standing in Stafford he was returned M.P. with 251 votes. John Graham was an employee of Beaumont and this tankard was acquired from his descendants.
A rare pink lustre Creamware election tankard, transfer printed in brown with a bust portrait of ''TW (Thomas Wentworth) Beaumont M.P. for the County of Stafford. 1826'' and flags declaring ''Beaumont for Ever'' and ''Beaumont and Independency'' also painted ''Iohn.Graham Born Septr 5th 1810'', probably the North Shields Pottery, c.1826., 3 3/4in. (9.5cms) high. NB Beaumont stood in the Alnwick Election of July 1826 and lost, quickly re-standing in Stafford he was returned M.P. with 251 votes. John Graham was an employee of Beaumont and this tankard was acquired from his descendants.
Auction: Fine Art Sale, 19th Jun, 2012
