Jug

Creamware jug transfer-printed in black with hand colouring in yellow and green. On one side a protrait of Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), very unlike, wearing an anchor badge on a sash, surrounded by a laurel wreath. Inscribed 'HERE'S TO OUR OLD FRIEND AND SUCCESS TO THE PEACE MAKERS.' 'LORD NELSON'. 'Heres a health to brave Nelson/Old Englands boast/The Hero of the Nile/Let this be our toast.' On the other side a portrait of Marquis Cornwallis between figures of 'JUSTICE' and 'MERCY', military trophies below, inscribed: 'MARQUIS CORNWALLIS'. 'To whose Clemency & Bravery Ireland owes her Preservation.' Below the lip a vignette of a seated female in classical dress with a winged cupid holding laurel wreaths.

Object Details

ID: AAA4396
Collection: Decorative art
Type: Jug
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Unknown
Events: French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile, 1798
Date made: circa 1798
People: Nelson, Horatio; Cornwallis, Charles
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Sutcliffe-Smith Collection
Measurements: Overall: 220 x 235 x 165 mm