Teapot

Pearlware teapot, commemorating General George Augustus Eliott (1717-1790) and the Siege of Gibraltar, 1779-1781. It is hand painted on one side in the manner of David Rhodes with General Eliott in military uniform standing beside a cannon holding a telescope or baton, his coat coloured red and blue. Inscribed above is 'Elliot for ever'. On the other side is shown a Spanish gunboat crewed by four men.

Object Details

ID: AAA4402.1
Type: Teapot
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Date made: circa 1783
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: Teapot with lid