Napoleonic interest: a Spode pearlware mug c.1804

Napoleonic interest: a Spode pearlware mug c.1804, printed with a satirical print titled 'John Bull giving Boney a Pull', after the Ackermann print by Isaac Cruikshank, the rim with a broad russet band, minor faults, 12.5cm. The Spode version of Cruikshank's print is arguably better executed with finer detail, and has only been attributable to the factory following the research of Paul Holdway in the 1980s. Illustrated: David Drakard, Printed English Pottery, p.196, no. 540.