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Earthenware children's mug. Black transfer printed scene with a man carrying a small person on his back, away from another man leaning out a window with a sword in his hand. Inscription in block letters below lip of mug provides context for scene. See Inscriptions and Research. Over painted with red, green, brown, yellow, and pink. Hand painted red/orange line around rim and down handle.
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This mug displays a satirical print depicting Napoleon's escape from the Russian army after his failed invasion of that country. He reportedly fled the town of Syzmesk, after the Battle of Berezina, reported in the 1813 London Chronicle as a narrow escape out a window. It is one of several pieces made in Staffordshire, England known to display this image. See comparable example in the Victoria and Albert Museum's collection.
"THE NARROW ESCAPE OF BONEY THROUGH A / WINDOW" (Black transfer print.)
MJ1970.357
Unknown
3 3/8 (H), 2 7/8 (diameter) (inches)
Bequest of Miss Margaret Jewell
1970.1310.357
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