Porcelain precursor to Peterloo at £2200
THIS 8½in (21cm) English porcelain jug painted with a cavalryman on horseback probably dates from c.1817 when, following rioting in the spring, magistrates in Manchester decided to form the Manchester and Salford Yeomanry Cavalry.
It is inscribed in gilt Success to the Manchester Cavalry plus the additional legends To Protect our…