The mug celebrates the establishment of Peace between the
English and French, and shows the fleur-de-lys on one side, and the Union flag
on the other, with a dove of peace carrying an olive branch from the English
side to the French.
It may date from the first Treaty of Paris, in 1814, and the
exile of the Emperor Napoleon to the Isle of Elba. If so, it was somewhat
premature, since the following year Napoleon escaped from Elba, raised an army,
and was famously defeated by the Duke of Wellington, among others, at the
Battle of Waterloo.
Peace, of course, has reigned between our nations ever since.
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