cordial bottle / Irish Reform Cordial

Cordial bottle, Derbyshire, about 1835. Stoneware bottle made in two-part mould depicting Daniel O'Connell. The upper part of his coat and his hair are dark brown; much of the rest is in a mottled lighter brown. He is represented with curly hair, shirt with stock, pendant on ribbon, heavy coat with wide lapels. His arms are across his chest and he is holding a parchment marked 'Irish Reform Cordial'. Impressed on the front of the base is 'Daniel O'Connell Esq.' Impressed on the reverse is 'Denby and Codnor Park, Bournes, Potteries, Derbyshire.';