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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.
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Object Details
| ID: | AAA4396 |
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| 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 |
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