Porcelain hand bell with two sides. [Circa 1890-1900]

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Title

Porcelain hand bell with two sides. [Circa 1890-1900]

Description

White porcelain hand bell portraying a positive side and a negative side to the suffragist. The person who purchased this item would have the option to display either the positive or the negative side.

On this bell, printed on the "negative" side is the crest of the town Ventnor and "Votes for Women" on the hat. Printed on the "positive" side is the phrase "She Shall have Votes!" Exclamation point rubbed off at the end of sentence.

Stamp on the inside: W&R Stoke on Trent, Carlton China (see "creator")

Date

[Circa 1890-1910]

Subject

Advertising, Political
Anti-suffrage
Figurines
Merchandising
Satire
Votes for Women
Women--Suffrage--Great Britain

Creator

Stoke-on-Trent, England : Wiltshaw & Robinson
(Manufacturer-Carlton Ware China)

Format

9.5 cm.

Language

English

Identifier

MEMR.1890.12

Coverage

Ventnor, England

Original Format

Figurines
Ceramics (object genre)
Porcelain (material)

Physical Dimensions

9.5 cm.

Comments

Geolocation