Description
This pottery spirit flask in decorated in underglaze green transfer prints of the Duke and Duchess of Angouleme, the last King, and Queen of France.
When Charles X lost his throne in the July Revolution of 1830, he abdicated in favor of the Duke of Angoulême. The Duke reigned for 20 minutes as King Louis XIX of France before abdicating and being forced into exile.
The flask made in Staffordshire is a very rare commemorative and illustrates the interest in Great Britain in developments in France relating to the Royalty and the Republic.