"maritime" blog posts
The Bidston Hill Signals Mug: A Who's Who of the Liverpool Slave Trade![Extract from a view of Liverpool by John Thomas Serres (1759–1825), 1797. Courtesy of the British Library, public domain.](https://vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/victoriagalleryandmuseum/blog/Bidston,Hill,Blog,1.jpg)
![Extract from a view of Liverpool by John Thomas Serres (1759–1825), 1797. Courtesy of the British Library, public domain.](https://vgm.liverpool.ac.uk/media/livacuk/victoriagalleryandmuseum/blog/Bidston,Hill,Blog,1.jpg)
The Bidston Hill Signals Mug: A Who's Who of the Liverpool Slave Trade
Sometimes, otherwise unassuming objects in the Victoria Gallery & Museum can give a remarkable insight into an abominable and infamous past. One such object is the Bidston Hill signals creamware mug, currently on display in Gallery 1, which unlocks a glimpse at an important period in Liverpool’s maritime history: when the Transatlantic Slave Trade was thriving.
Posted on: 26 November 2021