Jacobite and Hanoverian Ceramics
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Glasgow Museums has a collection of five Jacobite and Hanoverian ceramics from Scotland and England, which date from 1640 to 1800. This collection comprises ceramics bearing Stuart and Hanoverian imagery, such as a rosewater dish decorated with King Charles I’s arms, a mug with a portrait of King George III, and punch bowls and ladles decorated with Georgian coins. Some of the imagery employs the secret code used by Jacobites to declare their clandestine support for the Stuarts, such as acorns and a rose. Many of these ceramics were made in England, particularly Lancashire, a region where Jacobites looked for support. The Hanoverians succeeded the Stuarts as monarchs of Great Britain in 1714. Jacobitism was a political and military movement that opposed the House of Hanover and supported the restoration of the Stuart kings to the British throne.
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