A DATED COMMEMORATIVE RUMMER, the flared bucket bowl engraved with crossed flags of Great Britain and France within tied branches of berried foliage and roses and inscribed above May they ever remain united 1855, the reverse with a branch of fruiting-vine, the short stem with a triple annulated knop and on a plain foot, circa 1855

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A DATED COMMEMORATIVE RUMMER, the flared bucket bowl engraved with crossed flags of Great Britain and France within tied branches of berried foliage and roses and inscribed above May they ever remain united 1855, the reverse with a branch of fruiting-vine, the short stem with a triple annulated knop and on a plain foot, circa 1855
16.5cm. high

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This glass was probably produced to commemorate the State Visit of Napoleon III and the Empress Eugenie to England from 16th to 21st April, 1855. This visit, at the height of the Crimean War, cemented the ties between Britain and France in their struggle against Russia

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