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Visiting this weekend, 6, 7 & 8 November?

The Textile Fair is taking place in the ground floor galleries. All visitors, including members, must pre-book either fair or admission tickets before travelling due to limited parking; fair ticket holders will be prioritised. Those without a fair ticket won’t be able to access the ground floor galleries.

 

Marx-lambert
collection

'Our break untaxed, our commerce free' plate

Artist: Unknown
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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.

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
Marx-Lambert
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