A Chamberlain's Worcester commemorative beaker, c.1802, the flared form well painted with a scene of

A Chamberlain's Worcester commemorative beaker, c.1802, the flared form well painted with a scene of a portrait bust of George III being crowned by putti, raised on a pedestal inscribed 'Peace' and flanked by a soldier and a sailor, reserved on a peach ground with gilt scrolls, husks and flowerheads, some gilt wear, 10.8cm.

After long negotiations, the Treaty of Amiens was signed on 25th March 1802 by Charles, Marquess Cornwallis and Joseph Bonaparte. The short-lived treaty lasted only one year but engendered the only period of true peace between 1793 and 1814. The uneasy truce was ended by Britain declaring war on France in May 1803, following Napoleon's increased attempts to control Western Europe.