The ovoid bowl inscribed 'WILKES & LIBERTY', the reverse with bird in flight, the lower part with diamond-cut facets extending to a diamond faceted stem, over a conical foot with a star-cut base, 11.7cm high

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James Hall Collection, Bonhams sale, 17 December 2008, lot 183

John Wilkes (1727-1797) was a controversial MP and journalist who played a critical role in the development of radical politics. He mocked the King's speech at the opening of Parliament in April 1763 in issue 45 of the 'North Briton', a weekly satirical pamphlet published by Wilkes. He was subsequently tried and convicted for seditious libel but freed under Parliamentary Privilege. He became Lord Mayor of the City of London in 1774 and was elected to Parliament the following year. However, his popularity was destroyed after the Gordon Riots of 1780, in which he led militia forces against rioters. He gained something of a following in America, which was preparing for independence from Britain in the 1770s.

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