Fourth Anglo-Dutch War - a rare George III South Staffordshire enamel patch box, the hinged cover printed in black script with a military triumph, Glorious 11th Oct / English Valour Triumphant and Dutch Perfidy Defeated, within a border of raised beads in tones of gilt, blue and white, the white oval base conforming, mirror plate to interior, 4cm wide, c. 1784 The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, 1780 - 1784, broke out over British and Dutch disagreements on the legality and conduct of Dutch trade with Britain's enemies during the War of American Independence. Although the Dutch Republic did not enter into a formal alliance with the American colonies, their ambassador (and future president) John Adams managed to establish diplomatic and mercantile relations with the Republic. Most of the war consisted of a series of British operations against Dutch colonial economic interests.
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War - a rare George III South Staffordshire enamel patch box, the hinged cover printed in black script with a military triumph, Glorious 11th Oct / English Valour Triumphant and Dutch Perfidy Defeated, within a border of raised beads in tones of gilt, blue and white, the white oval base conforming, mirror plate to interior, 4cm wide, c. 1784 The Fourth Anglo-Dutch War, 1780 - 1784, broke out over British and Dutch disagreements on the legality and conduct of Dutch trade with Britain's enemies during the War of American Independence. Although the Dutch Republic did not enter into a formal alliance with the American colonies, their ambassador (and future president) John Adams managed to establish diplomatic and mercantile relations with the Republic. Most of the war consisted of a series of British operations against Dutch colonial economic interests.
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