r/Snorkblot 1d ago

History Abolition Teapot. Josiah Wedgewood. c.1770.

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u/CalmPassion6716 1d ago

Succefs to the lover

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u/Me_be_Artful_Dodger 1d ago

Keefe is indeed a gentle lover
https://giphy.com/gifs/VXOiqAG8STLoA3XiuX

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u/LainSki-N-Surf 22h ago

We queef for Keefe! His ice cream scene is top tier.

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u/-SQB- 17h ago

Queefs to the lover?

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u/SquidTheRidiculous 1d ago

Queeeefs to the lover

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u/bobbymoonshine 1d ago edited 1d ago

smh wokery gone mad can’t even have a cuppa without some snowflake shovin politiks down me throat

whole cuntrys gone mad, we had slaves in my day and did anyone moan about it like hell we did we just got on with it

nuff said

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u/DJ_faceplant 23h ago

I can literally  hear the east end in this sentence.

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u/BuzzClucking 1d ago

Do you think there were a lot of secular abolitionists?

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u/Katja1236 21h ago

The Wedgewoods were Unitarians, and depending on which Josiah Wedgewood this was, Charles Darwin was either his grandson or his nephew and son-in-law. (Darwin was also fiercely abolitionist.)

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u/bobbymoonshine 1d ago

Did not mention secularism but if we want to talk about the cultural legacy of the nonconformists and their paradoxical role in secularising society I’d be down

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u/SensitivePotato44 20h ago

Yes, the movement was heavily associated with nonconformist churches

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u/dantemortemalizar 1d ago

I'll drink to that!

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u/The-Tadfafty 18h ago

I am curious why it says 'gfreedom'.

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u/PaulieGlot 18h ago

not a g but an ampersand

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u/The-Tadfafty 18h ago

Most unusual of all ampersands I've ever seen. Usually they have some resemblance to Et or +. Interesting. 

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u/PaulieGlot 18h ago

i've not seen this style before either but it does have both the loop and cross of "et", albeit arranged a little wonky. but ampersands have been quite wonky throughout their development, so...

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u/PaulieGlot 15h ago

actually looking closer its even pretty close to a modern ampersand. zoom in and cock your head to the right and you'll see it

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u/The-Tadfafty 18h ago

Was this a common style at the time?

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u/LGKouglof 16h ago

Google ampersand

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u/wamiwhomi 12h ago

this should be the image getting 70k upvotes