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Jug
Earthenware jug, transfer-printed in blue with overall scroll and flower designs with floral borders inside and out. On one side an oval portrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805) with short curly hair within the inscription 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERYMAN WILL DO HIS DUTY', 'ADML LORD NELSON'. On the other side, Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood (1750-1810), also with short hair inscribed 'ADML LD COLLINGWOOD'. Below the lip 'HMS Victory' under sail, inscribed 'VICTORY', 'OFF TRAFALGAR OCTR 21 1805'.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4389 |
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| Collection: | Decorative art |
| Type: | Jug |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Unknown |
| Events: | Napoleonic Wars: Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 |
| Date made: | circa 1806 |
| People: | Nelson, Horatio; Collingwood, Cuthbert |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection |
| Measurements: | Overall: 145 x 160 x 125 mm |