Tankard

Victoria & Albert Museum, London

Bristol-made tankard celebrating the election of opposition Whig candidate, Edward Southwell, as an MP for Bristol at the by-election of December 1739. The salt-glazed stoneware tankard is decorated with a hunting scene and has the inscription ''Southwell for Ever. C.W.M. 1739'.

Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Accession Number\t414:855-1885

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Candidate: Edward Southwell
Constituency: Bristol
date: 1739
date: c1739
Election: Dec-1739
keyword: Ceramics
keyword: Tankard
maker: John Harwell, Bristol
materials: Stoneware
place: Bristol