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Ceramic tankard with an animated image of a shoemaker indicates some of the joy and social aspects of the shoemaking profession. The inscription says, May shoemakers flourish and trade increase/and victory gain/Everlasting peace.

This ceramic tankard with an animated image of a shoemaker indicates some of the joy and social aspects of the shoemaking profession. It also indicates the elevated status which shoemaking enjoyed within the trades. “May shoemakers flourish and trade increase/and victory gain/Everlasting peace.”
England, 1804
© Bata Shoe Museum, BSM P85.111