A PAIR OF MINTON 'FREE TRADE' VASES

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A PAIR OF MINTON 'FREE TRADE' VASES
THE URNS CLOSELY RESEMBLING THE 'WELLINGTON' VASE SHAPE WITH TYPICAL EVERTED 'VAN DYCK' RIMS AND TWIN SCROLLING HANDLES, EACH PAINTED PROBABLY BY THOMAS STEELE WITH PANELS OF FRUIT AND FLOWERS WITHIN OCTAGONAL PANELS RESERVED ON A CREAM-GROUND WITHIN LEAF-MOULDED BORDERS SET ON CYLINDRICAL PLINTHS ONE INSCRIBED FREE TRADE IN CORN, WINE, & OIL ESSENTIAL TO THE FULL ENJOYMENT OF GOD'S GIFTS TO MAN. THE OTHER INSCRIBED UNFETTERED COMMERCE WOULD PROMOTE USEFUL DISCOVERY, WIDELY DIFFUSE (SIC.) FREEDOM AND KNOWLEDGE, AND STRONGLY UNITE ALL NATIONS IN THE BONDS OF PEACE., ABOVE SQUARE BASES, RICHLY GILT -- 13 5/8IN. (35CM.) HIGH, CIRCA 1830 (BOTH VASES DAMAGED AND REPAIRED)

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THE DOCTRINE OF FREE TRADE WAS ENSHRINED IN ADAM SMITH'S 'WEALTH OF NATIONS', PUBLISHED IN 1776. IN 1786 WILLIAM PITT CONCLUDED A TRADE AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE. THE EARLY 19TH CENTURY SAW THE GROWTH OF THE MOVEMENT, WHICH CULMINATED IN THE REPEAL OF THE CORN LAWS IN 1846.

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