Napoleon Jug
1895
Maker Unknown
Decorative Arts
This jug produced during William McKinley's successful presidential campaign in the mid-1890s, ridicules the candidate by likening him to Napoleon. McKinley's association with the emperor dates to his years in Congress, when his aggressive bill enforcing a protective tariff on foreign goods entering the United States earned him the nickname "Napoleon of Protection."
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Ceramic
- Formatted Medium
- Porcelain, belleek ware.
- Dimensions
- 9 3/4 x 4 1/2 (of base) in. (24.8 x 11.4 cm)
- Departments
- Decorative Arts
- Accession Number
- 29.122
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Dr. Marion Reilly
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Decorative Art, Schenck Gallery, 4th Floor
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