A GEORGE III LEATHER BLACKJACK

A GEORGE III LEATHER BLACKJACK

LATE 18TH CENTURY

polychrome decorated with a coat of arms for General Rowland Hill, with a rampant lion and a horse, with the motto 'Avancez', inscribed 'All You That Bring Tobacco Here Must Pay For Pipes As Well Asb....', the underside with various marks, including: a kiln and 'Rld Hill' and stamped '5558'

37cm high

Provenance

Upper Slaughter Manor, The Collection of Micheál and Elizabeth Feller.

Catalogue Note

General Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, GCB, GCH (1772-184), was a British Army officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars and became Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in 1828. At the Battle of Waterloo, he led the charge of Sir Frederick Adam's brigade against the Imperial Guard. He was made Baron Hill in 1814 and in 1842 he was further advanced to Viscount.