THREE BRITISH SALTGLAZE STONEWARE FIGURALTHREE BRITISH SALTGLAZE STONEWARE FIGURAL REFORM FLASKSTHREE BRITISH SALTGLAZE STONEWARE FIGURAL REFORM FLASKS, circa 1835-1845, including a flask of the former British Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel modeled standing, holding a sheaf of wheat in his left arm and a scrolled handbill molded with 'Bread for the Millions' in his right hand, identified on the circular base, h: 15 in.; a Belper & Denby Bourne Derbyshire flask and stopper, impressed, 'WILLIAM IVTH'S REFORM CORDIAL', impressed uppercase marks to the reverse, his torso glazed in brown, modeled as a half-length portrait of the British Monarch, his head as the stopper, identified on the lower section, h: 8 in.; and Doulton & Watts, Lambeth Pottery flask, impressed uppercase mark and 15 High Street Lambeth address at the back, navette shaped, molded in the form of the half-length bust of Lord Brougham, in wig and bands, holding a scroll impressed, 'THE True Spirit of REFORM', a further impression, below, reads 'BROUGHAM's Reform CORDIAL'. h: 7.5 in. The conservative statesman, Sir Robert Peel is perhaps best remembered for advocating the legislation that created the modern British policing system and helped establish the British Metropolitan Police Service. After the outbreak of the Great Irish Famine, his decision to join with Whigs and Radicals to repeal the Corn Laws led to his resignation as Prime Minister in 1846. For a similarly molded example, see The Fitzwilliam Museum Collection, Cambridge, UK, accession no. C.1214.1928. The Reform Act extended the right to vote to two million members of the British urban middle class. Henry Brougham (1778-1868), as Lord Chancellor, led the House of Lords to pass the legislation in 1832 (4) h:15in.