A large engraved and dated commemorative rummer for the 'Peace of Paris'

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A large engraved and dated commemorative rummer for the 'Peace of Paris'
engraved and polished with an oval cartouche depicting a seated figure of Britannia with a recumbent lion and Union Flag shield, regarding a man o'war, accompanied by two men waving to the ship beneath an angel with a trumpet and dove of peace, inscribed PEACE 1814, the reverse with the initials GJC within oval cartouche surmounted by flowers above cornucopiae of fruit and flowers suspending a rose, shamrock and thistle, above a basal knop, plain stem and 'lemon squeezer' base (some minute chips to base) -- 21.5cm. high
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Lot Essay

With the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at the 'Battle of the Nations' at Leipzig by the allies and his subsequent abdication, the Treaty of Paris, dubbed the 'Peace of Paris', was signed on the 30th May 1814 and Louis XVIII restored to the throne of France. This treaty was the prelude to the period known as the 'Hundred Days', when the Emperor returned from exile only to be finally defeated on the field of Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington and Marshall Blcher on the 18th June 1815.

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