Jug

National Museums Liverpool

A tin-glazed earthenware jug, inscribed 'Success to Sir William Meredith / And all his Plumpers / Elizabeth Ormes; 1761'. The jug is associated with Meredith's successful campaign for the Liverpool election of 1761 and it provides a striking demonstration of women's engagement with elections and with the practice of 'plumping'.

National Museums Liverpool; WAG 1991.2

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Candidate: William Meredith
Constituency: Liverpool
date: 1761
date: c1761
Election: Apr-1761
keyword: Ceramics
keyword: Jug
maker: Richard Chaffers & Co, Shaw's Brow, Liverpool (Factory)
materials: Earthenware
place: Liverpool
place: Shaw's Brow, Liverpool