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‘Our break untaxed, our commerce free’ plate
Details
Artist
Unknown
Title
‘Our break untaxed, our commerce free’ plate
Medium
Octagonal transfer-printed plate with lustre border with moulded unpainted flowers
Reference
CVCSC:0255.91.F
Collection
Status
On Display
The image in the centre of the plate shows various farming implements with a motto. This plate was a piece of propaganda in the anti-Corn Law campaigns of the 1820s, 1830s and 1840s.
'Our break untaxed, our commerce free' plate © Compton Verney